The Following Passage Is from the Records of the English

The following passage is from the records of the English Exchequer, the administrative body in charge of royal finances: "Alice, countess of Warwick, renders account of £1000 and 10 palfreys [the type of horse ridden by women] to be allowed to remain a widow as long as she pleases, and not to be forced to marry by the king. And if perchance she should wish to marry, she shall not marry except with the assent and on the grant of the king, where the king shall be satisfied; and to have the custody of her sons whom she has from the earl of Warwick her late husband."
To which of the following did the countess of Warwick agree?

A) To only remarry with the king's assent
B) To remain a widow forever
C) To marry the king's brother as soon as possible
D) To enter a convent and become a nun