she said , and before veig could utter a word of disagreement , she bolted from the table and left him in the dining room , in the sickening company of the princes cadaver ; although , thinking of the dreadful venture that had been forced upon him , and which quite possibly might end in his own corpse being dismembered , disemboweled and devoured , veig couldnt help envying for a moment the eternity of calm into which fantyr had vanished .