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Which option below provides the most accurate and...

Which option below provides the most accurate and pragmatically appropriate transformation of the sentence from direct to indirect speech, preserving the original temporal, modal, and attitudinal meanings?


“Had I known you were coming,” she exclaimed, “I could have arranged something far more suitable!”


A

She exclaimed that if she would have known he was coming, she would have arranged something far more suitable.


B

She exclaimed that had she known he was coming, she could arrange something far more suitable.


C

She exclaimed if she knew he came, she would arrange something far more suitable.


D

She exclaimed that if she had known he had been coming, she could have arranged something far more suitable.


E

She exclaimed that if she had known he was coming, she might have arranged something more suitable.