Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

“I must hurry. My father is always furious if any one of us is late for meals”, she said.

She said that she must hurry as her father was always furious if any one of them was late for meals.

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

She said that she must hurry as her father was always furious if any one of them was late for meals.

The other options are incorrect for the following reasons:

• She said that she should hurry as her father was always furious if any one of them were late for meals. - The verb tense "were" is not appropriate in indirect speech, as the speaker is talking about a general habit.
• She said that she must hurry as her father is always furious if any one of them was late for meals. - The verb tense "was" is not appropriate in indirect speech, as the speaker is talking about a general habit.