He was not particularly grateful for the present situation.
"I warn you, if you do not send for a doctor immediately, you will have cause to regret it," Ruth declared vigorously.

"Something more than whisky did that.

Why did you let him have it ?" "Let him have it?
I can't stand at the elbow of any of the guests and regulate his or her actions.

So long as a man behaves himself, I can't refuse him liquor.

But I'll call a doctor, since you order it.