He nodded some "That sounds wonderful!" he said in relief glad that she seemed open to the idea of not throwing him out in the snow.  "I am sorry about the imposition I will pay you to stay here...I know that A shop like this is probably not the most popular in this kind of town ..."  He looked around, "I love it though it has an old world feel...I'm here to research for a history book...I hope you won't mind me using some of what you have here?"