3. Convent the following into Indirect Speech : HOB-Now where is your husband, mistress ?
MARY: In his bed. He is sick, and weary. You would not harm him !
HOB: We are going to smash his evil work to pieces. Where is the machine ?
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Hob asked Mary where her husband was.

Mary replied that he was in his bed, sick and weary and Hob would not dare harm him.

Hob replied and told Mary that her husband's evil work would be smashed to pieces, then asked where the machine was.

Explanation:

Direct speech is done when words of a speaker are directly quoted, while in indirect speech, (also known as reported speech), the words are repeated, but from a third person point of view.

the correct answer is (a); the angles, saxons, jutes, picts, and celts

explanation:

boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.