Chapter Thirteen
Lessons In The Dungeon
To keep incarcerated females warm when the nighttime temperatures dipped low in the fall, a large heater was brought in and attached to a good-sized blower that vented hot air into the drafty stable. It wasnt enough on some nights, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Gone were the nights of sleeping in the nude on a bed of straw. The pallets were bolstered with a thicker pad, which was a lot more comfortable than the straw by itself. Thick down quilts almost made it feel like home well, almost.
One night shortly after the change was made, Heidi was grabbed from her cocoon of warmth just as she was falling asleep and dragged naked from the stall and into the cold night air with no ceremony at all, and not a stitch to ward off the nast
