you 're nervous and upset , not thinking clearly . '' as usual , gus picked up on it . the walls in that place were so thin . what i suggest , said pearl , is that we link arms and move through together . i would be what she needed , and then i would let her go . with their eyes they tried to read me and figure out my angle . so if he let her think he was letting go of his desire for her , then that was fair , right ? 