But all the traveler did was clutch his cloak tighter to himself. So there is not really any sense in you trying to remove his cloak. The entire time this had been going on the Sun had decided to hide behind a cloud. So the sun then came out and began to beam. Very slowly it began to get warmer so much so that the traveler when he came to a stream took off his cloak and all his clothes to go swimming.
Gentle persuasion is often more effective than brute force.