As Tai-yu left,Pao-yu stood as if rooted to the ground.Just then Hsi-jen walked up him to give him the fan he had forgotten.Too bemused still to know who it was,he mistook Hsi-jen for Tai-yu."Dear cousin,I never ventured before to bare my heart to you,"he declared."Now I have summoned up courage to speak.I am making myself ill on account of you.I shan't recover till you're better..."