Not that he could. He and Clyde were years dead by then. Their skeletons, mounted in a hug copied from a personal snapshot, were the concluding exhibit for "Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-c Chesapeake." I find this such a life-affirming way to face your mortal end.
Big thanks to my dear Janet F for this wonderful find - now I'll send you to the article and photo.
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Oh yes! That article and the photo are just great. For some reason it acts as an antidote to the thing I always wish I had not seen at a Pompeii exhibition - the cast of the chained dog dying in agony. Every time that pops into my mind - as horrible images will sometimes - I will think of these two sets of lovingly entwined bones.
Parlance - exactly! Did you get a chance to read the related article to which the Smithsonian blog linked? Turns out Grover owed lots more to Clyde than we guess - even wrote a book about him, "Only a Dog." The deeper you get into this story, the more wonderful it gets.
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