The analyses of a text #5

Teruko, a third year university student, comes across as a forthright and sunny girl but is in truth a rather timid person. She’s also the sort who easily gets carried away and does things impetuously only to regret her actions later. Influenced by her older brother who has taken to wandering the world, Teruko too hopes to make her own journey one day but she lacks the courage, content to live the life of a normal university student … However, she’s also plagued with the insecurity of having done nothing she can be proud of in her lifetime, and mustering all her courage embarks on a solo trip to India … While in India, she meets a fellow backpacker, Shingo. Teruko first regards Shingo as a frivolous person but as his http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encouraging_Words clear her hesitation and touches her, she falls in love with him. Then, Teruko plans to head to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodh_Gaya to see India’s biggest festival but Shingo …

I'd like to know if the underlined clause should be "clear her of hesitation and touch her."
Thank you in advance for your help.