Rudyard Kipling wrote an 1888 story, set in British colonial India, about two trouble-makers who travel to Afghanistan and there encounter the legacy of Alexander the Great. What was this novella (and the 1975 movie of the story) titled

The Man Who Would Be King and the movie with the same name directed by John Huston.

Explanation:

Rudyard Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King" was a novel that revolves around the characters of adventurers Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan. They had initially came to India and then moved further to Afghanistan town of Kafiristan. They succeeded to be deemed kings and even worshiped as gods due to their different looks and possession of the Martini- Henry rifles.

They were deemed equal to Alexander the Great but then their facade collapsed when Dravot decided to marry a local Kafir and led to the discovery of their 'human' condition. Through the act of bleeding, Daniel showed the locals that he is indeed human just like them and no different. This led to their downfall. The 1888 story was made into a movie with the same title by director John Huston in 1975, starring Sean Connery as Daniel Dravot and Michael Caine as Peachey Carnehan.

"the tune the he might never know again." this part build anticipation. dexter got extremely happy by the piano tune. he could see what he was living at that moment in his life throught this feeling. the reader might want to learn more about his happy life. in fact, he called it a state of   'ecstasy'. the fact that he had got in a mood of intense appreciation and that everything about him was extremely bright and glamorous might lead the reader to feel that this state of happiness may not last long. the two parts from the excerpt that exemplify the anticipation are: " the sound of the "; " it was a know again."