Put the following into Indirect Speech: 14. The painter said, ‘The old man you saw today in the studio was Baron Hansberg. He is a great friend of mine, buys all my pictures and a month ago asked me to paint him as a beggar. And I must say he made a magnificent figure in his rags.’ 15. The girl said, ‘I am sorry for you, but my brothers are going back to Eton tomorrow and then no one will annoy you.’ 16. ‘My dear Lady Clem, I never have a moment to myself,’ said Lord Arthur. ‘I suppose you mean that you go about all day long with Miss Sybil Marton, buying things and talking nonsense?’ ‘I assure you I have not seen Sybil for twenty four hours, Lady Clem,’ said Lord Arthur. 17. ‘I don’t think I like boys,’ answered the Swallow. 18. Mother said, ‘Jane writes charming letters. You must really read her last, Arthur. It is as good as the novels she sends us.’ 19. Hans said to himself, ‘It has certainly been a hard day but I am glad I did not refuse the Miller, for he is my best friend and he is going to give me his wheelbarrow.’ 20. ‘Please, don’t go, Miss Virginia,’ he cried, ‘I am so lonely and so unhappy, and I really don’t know what to do, I want to go to sleep and I cannot.’

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