Direct/Indirect speech

[Alison Orchard]

Dear all

I believe the following should be written as indirect speech. Can someone confirm/correct and explain why if it is different.

Just after that his six year old daughter, June, had appeared at the side of the car having been sent over with a message from Mrs Kieft and had said to him 'Mummy says, be careful'. What his daughter had said

Thank you
Alison

[tuangpi]

It's correct the underlined phrase stands as it is.'Mummy says, be careful' . Because the writer quotes the exact words.

[Tdol]

That's direct speech; in indirect speech it would be:
His daughter said that her mother had told them to be careful.