She says, “I keep at an arm’s length, all those who try to flatter me.”
She says, “I keep at an arm’s length, all those who try to flatter me.”
Explanation
She says that she keeps at an arm's length all those who try to flatter her.
This is the correct way to report the original direct speech sentence in indirect speech.
When converting direct speech to indirect speech:
- The pronoun "I" becomes "she"
- The verb tense remains the same (keeps)
- The sentence structure remains the same