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This tidbit about Thomas Hardy is intriguing--
Apparently when Hardy died in 1928, his literary peers considered him too important to be buried in his hometown's (Dorset) graveyard, but the people of Dorset demanded he be interned there. The compromise involved cremating everything but Hardy's heart. His ashes were buried at Westminster Abbey while his heart was buried in a small casket in a Dorset churchyard.
But wait. There's more. There is a long-standing rumor that a cat kept by Hardy's housekeeper actually ate the author's heart, and that they buried a pig's heart in its place !
Don't make me mad. I'm running out of places to hide the bodies !
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