Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech."Hurrah! I have topped again," he said. "Congratulations," said I.

The given sentence consists of two parts: an exclamatory sentence spoken by "he" and a brief conversational greeting/wish spoken by "I".First part: "Hurrah! I have topped again," he said.The word "Hurrah!" expresses joy, so the reporting verb "said" changes to "exclaimed with joy".The reporting verb is in the past tense ("said"), so the Present Perfect tense ("have topped") inside the quotation marks changes to the Past Perfect tense ("had topped").The pronoun "I" changes to "he" to match the subject.This gives: He exclaimed with joy that he had topped again.Second part: "Congratulations," said I.A phrase expressing congratulations changes to the verb "congratulated".This gives: I congratulated him.Combining these correctly yields Option C.