This story describes two mountaineers who play their pipes after they encounter the Virgin Mary. A digression in this story tells of the ruins of a cliffside palace belonging to Tiberius. Unbeknownst to his family, the title character of this story falls for the tarantella dancer Carmela, who performs with her cousin Giuseppe. The daughter of this story’s title character is courted by an incognito “prince of a certain Asiatic state.” While reading the newspaper near a “grey-haired German” resembling Henrik Ibsen, the title character of this story suffers a heart attack and is taken to room No. 43 of his hotel, where he promptly dies and is placed in a soda-water box. The title character of this story and his family journey to Capri on the cruise liner Atlantis. For 10 points, name this short story about the title West Coast businessman by Ivan Bunin. ■END■
ANSWER: “The Gentleman from San Francisco” [or Gospodin iz San-Frantsisko]
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