Q: He said, “I cannot help you at present because I am myself in difficulty."

• A. He said that I cannot help you at present because I myself in difficulty .
• B. He said that he could not help you at present because he was himself in difficulty.
• C. He told that he could not help you at present because he was himself in difficulty.
• D. He asked that he could not help you at present because he was himself in difficulty.