cleopatra nodded curtly , deciding for once not to press me.we walked quickly down the two hundred stone steps that led to the beach.tiny stones and sand tumbled off each step as we walked , but we were walking so quickly that we barely even noticed.cleopatra nodded to the two guards stationed at the staircase as we stepped from the bottom stair onto the sandy shore , but her eyes were focused on the two magnificent men twenty yards away , as were mine .