Rodolphus waved his hand dismissively. Admittedly there were ways he could have used the situation if Theodore had been around but it was also true that he may not have been in any shape to do it effectively. Better to wait until now. "It is of no matter. All you would have been treated to is how terrible a patient I am."
His own glass of cognac appeared on the table and he levitated it over to hover next to him, just at the right level to pluck out of the air when he wanted a drink. "My healer is excellent. All that can be done has been done. The blood loss was, quite naturally, considerable." He also had no intention of using a healer that would no doubt report back to Theodore precisely what his condition was.
He took the glass out of the air, making sure to allow just the slightest tremble in his hand, and took a sip of the cognac. "You said that you had news about my nephew and Severus."