about this time back at the museum gale slipped away from the crowd still at the champagne tables which included the mayor and the chief , draining every last drop of the veuve , went back into the gallery , thinking everyone was at the party and no one was watching the security cameras , and tried to pry the plexiglass case off the exhibit pedestal on which sat the silver teapot she wanted to grace her dining room table , but found it screwed down .