  Surface photometry of the M31 satellites M32 and NGC 205 is compared to
numerical simulations of satellite destruction to constrain orbital parameters
and the interaction history of the M31 subgroup. Our analysis reveals the
following preliminary results: (1) Generic features of tidal disruption in the
simulations include an extended ``extra-tidal'' excess region and an inner
depletion zone, both of which are observed in M32 and NGC 205; (2) M32 is
likely to be on a highly eccentric orbit well away from pericenter; (3) Surface
brightness and luminosity evolution estimates for M32, the prototypical compact
elliptical galaxy, imply that it is not simply the residual core of a
tidally-stripped normal elliptical galaxy, but was instead formed in a
truncated state.
