Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
The traveller said that he had come a long way off.

Options

A. The traveller said, “He had come a long way off.”
B. The traveller said, “I am coming a long way off.”
C. The traveller told, “He has come a long way off.”
D. The traveller said, “I have come a long way off.”

Answer

D