Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

She said to me, "I saw this old man long ago."

She told me that she had seen that old man long before.

The correct option is: She told me that she had seen that old man long before.

The other options are incorrect because they do not follow these rules:

• She said to me that she had seen that old man long ago. - This sentence does not change the present tense to the past tense for the reporting verb "told."
• She said me that she had seen this old man long ago. - This sentence does not add the word "to" before the infinitive verb "seen."
• She told to me that she had seen that old man long before. - This sentence is grammatically incorrect.