Question

EXERCISE
Change the following from Direct to Indirect :
1. "Gentlemen," I said, “there are more things in heaven and on earth than are
dreamt of in your philosophy. Do not be astonished at my statement. Is it fair to
judge me by appearance only ?"
2. “Let me hire you as a nurse for my poor children,” said a Butterfly to a quiet
Caterpillar. "See these little eggs. I don't know how long it will be before they come
to life, and I feel very sick and poorly and if I should die, who will take care of my
baby butterflies when I am gone? Will you kind, mild, green Caterpillar ?"
3. "Well”, cried I, “my good boys, how do you like your bed ? I hope you are
not afraid to sleep in this room.” “No papa”, said Duck, “I am not afraid to be
anywhere where you are."
4. "Cast thy eyes eastward”, said the genius to Mirza, “and tell me what thou
seest." "I see", said Mirza, “a huge valley and a prodigious file of water flowing
through it." "The valley that thou seest”, said the genius, “is the vale of misery, and
the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity.” “What is the
reason", said Mirza, "that the tide rises out of a thick mist at one end, and loses
itself in a thick mist at the other ?"​

Answer 1

Answer:

I said to gentleman there were more things in heaven and on earth than were dreamt of in his philosophy