Hearing the voice, his eyes widened to look up at him in shock, perhaps making sure it wasn't simply some trick of the illness. He sat up in surprise but between the sudden movement making his head swim and the embarrassment that he had no shirt on , he fell back to the bed. He pulled the blanket over his head in humiliation. "F-father.. Richards? Thank you for coming.. but I will be fine.. " Perhaps God will be kind and strike me down now so I don't have to live another moment with this humiliation. "Very .. kind of you to come but... you do not want to get sick too.."