Read the conversation given below and fill in the blanks in indirect speech:
Mrs. Tiwari (to her servant) Where were you yesterday?
Servant (male): My daughter was sick. I took her to a doctor.
Mrs. Tiwari: You people give innumerable excuses. Don't do this next time.
Indirect speech:
Mrs. Tiwari her servant he had been the day before. The servant told her that daughter had been sick and he her to a doctor. Mrs. Tiwari accused him of giving innumerable excuses and __ him not to do that again.

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Mrs. Tiwari asked her servant where he had been the day before. The servant told her that his daughter had been sick and he had taken her to a doctor. Mrs. Tiwari accused him of giving innumerable excuses and told him not to do that again.

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