That was someone he had not met, and it was a relief to know that there was an actual doctor present. Her agreement was all that he could as for, and if all had been moved he expected to find the man present somewhere- if he had not been sent away.
"I will find him if you need him," Ichabod promised, and her request for tea was not to much, and it was sensible. "I will find it if it is there, and bring it for you. You will rest while I retrieve it?"
It was more of a statement than a request, and while there was a part of him that feared returning to find out that her presence was a dream, he would not leave her to suffer otherwise. It was simply a risk to be taken.