Thanks for the clarification!
I'm sure that the single quotes around indirect quotation are kind of annoying for experienced Latinists like yourself, but I think the author of the textbook I use just wanted to make the these details more obvious for beginners (at the expense of compositional fluidity).
I'm sure that the single quotes around indirect quotation are kind of annoying for experienced Latinists like yourself, but I think the author of the textbook I use just wanted to make the these details more obvious for beginners (at the expense of compositional fluidity).