Конечно! Давайте преобразуем эти предложения в прямую речь на английском языке.
"I wonder whether it was caused by a sabre or by a fragment of shell," I said.
"I've never had such bad luck in my life," he told me.
"What the devil are you keeping me waiting for?" our friend asked the officer commanding the squad.
"The general commanding the troops wishes to attend the execution, and we await his arrival," said the officer.
"Is there anything you wish before the execution takes place?" the general asked the condemned men.
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