The question to answer about the case is:

Is the wife bound by the indemnity clause she originally proposed?

This case raises a few important questions such as: 1) Does a non-response (silence) constitute acceptance of an offer? 2) What is the effect of a counter-offer? 3) What sequence of events during the negotiation process would have ensured that an indemnity clause would have survived in this particular case?

Your task for this discussion forum is to answer the question posed in the textbook AS WELL AS questions 1, 2, and 3 above.