“I remember when you were in the palace, when I was stationed here under Gabinius. What a slip of a girl, and yet your eyes—“
She inclined her head and smiled.
“Oh, not their beauty, Your Majesty. Their wisdom. You missed nothing, not a trick. I’d seen grizzled old generals who had less of that look than this girl of fifteen.”
E. P. Beaumont 
I’ll take that over beauty any day. 😉 Well done!
Good man, could see her destiny at an early age
Very insightful six! I like how he was able to see this about her at so young an age
I like your Cleopatra.
He shows great perception!
Love how he’s changed the compliment into being about her wisdom.
Excellent excerpt – you’ve said so much in so few sentences.
That says a much about Marcus as it does about Cleopatra. Very nice six.
Nice 6!!!
I love the feel of this snippet. Definitely want to to read!
Thank you all for the great comments! Over the last two days I have been cleaning up the NaNo 2012 manuscript and it’s now with its first three beta readers.