“Not sleeping?” she asked. “Not well. Troubling dreams.” “I have been dreaming as well. And thinking.” Chrysanthe paused. “I couldn’t get John’s words—Jesus’ words—out of my head: ‘You have abandoned your first love.’ ” “Those stuck with me as well,” Amyntas said. “And the consequences for our assemblies—‘Remember whence you have fallen and repent, lest I come and remove your lampstand from its place,’ or something like that.” “There wasn’t a great deal of love in our assembly two nights ago.” “No,