Question

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Ann said: "I hate borrowing other people's things".
"Why did he decide to turn back?", my friend asked me.
You are kidding!" said James. "I've just read about that".
"How long are you going to stay here?" asked Jane.

Answer 1

1Ann said she hated borrowing other people's things.  2 My friend asked me why he had decided to turn back.   3James said I was kidding, he had just read about that. 4Jane asked how long I was going  to stay there.

Answer 2

Ann said she hated borrowing other people's things. 
My friend asked me why he had decided to turn back.
James said that I was  kidding and he had just read about that. 
Jane asked how long I was going to stay there.