My notion is--" Agatha thought the offer generous.

She would be richer than she had been yet and there was an object for which she needed money.

She felt flattered and almost overjoyed.

The work she was asked to do might start her well on the road she had long wished to take.
"There is another matter," the man resumed when she declared that she was satisfied.

"It will be necessary for you to come to Europe.