8. Which is the correct way to write the following quotation?
A. They told me "to go back to work," but I told them, "I
refuse to work for peanuts.
B. They told me "Go back to work." But I responded, "I
refuse to work for peanuts."
C. They told me to go back to work," but I told them: "I
refuse to work for peanuts.
D. They told me "to go back to work," but I told them I
refuse to work for peanuts.