Question

Write the same in indirect speech. "Tell Colin that I can't come and see him yet," said Mary. "I'm very busy in the garden." Martha was not happy to hear that. "Eh! Miss Mary," she said, "he will become angry when I tell him that." "I can't stay," Mary answered. "Dickon is waiting for me. I was not in the garden yesterday. Tell Colin to read or look through his books." "He has been waiting for you since seven o'clock," Martha said. "Can't you come just for a minute?" "I can't and I don't want to. I will come to see him in the evening," Mary said. "And don't look at me in this way, Martha." ​

Answer 1

Mary told Colin that she couldn't come and see him yet because she was very busy in the garden. Martha wasn't happy to hear that and said that Colin would become angry when she told him. Mary said she couldn't stay because Dickon was waiting for her and that she wasn't in the garden yesterday. She told Colin to read or look through his books and said she would come to see him in the evening. Martha said that Colin had been waiting for Mary since seven o'clock and asked if she couldn't come for just a minute. Mary said she couldn't and didn't want to, and told Martha not to look at her in that way.