When Roman soldiers enter and salute Caesar, Cleopatra finally realizes who he is and, with a sob of relief, falls into his arms. Caesar orders Cleopatra's servants to dress her in her royal robes. Caesar tries to persuade Cleopatra to act like a queen Ftatateeta enters and begins to order Cleopatra about until the nurse is chased from the room. Cleopatra puts herself in the hands of this Roman and they move to her throne room. She is terror-stricken, but Caesar tells her that he will eat her unless she can show herself to him as a woman, not a girl. Caesar sees that he is not dreaming and identifies himself to Cleopatra as a Roman. She tells Caesar she is there because the Romans are coming to eat her people. She is full of superstitions about cats and Nile water. He climbs up to her, thinking he is dreaming. Caesar is startled when a young girl, Cleopatra, addresses him from the paws of the Sphinx. Caesar is alone at night in the Egyptian desert, apostrophizing a statue of the Sphinx.
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