Consciousness returned slowly, each indignity gradually forcing her awake.  She was cold, she was tied up, she was soaked -- and gagged, perhaps worst of all.  So much for reasoning with her captor, though probably she wouldn't have had much hope of that anyway.  At least there was some warmth, the one good sign.<br/><br/>Trying not to let on that she was awake, she looked around as best she could, carefully testing her bonds and looking hopefully for a way out.