Correct Answer: The young man begged of his father to pardon him.

Solution : The first option is the correct choice.

The given sentence is in the direct speech . As per the question, we have to change it to indirect speech .

The process of transformation is as follows:

• The reporting verb said to is changed to begged to maintain the imperative nature of the sentence.
• The notion of the given sentence is begging .
• The first-person pronoun me is changed into the third-person pronoun him .
• The imperative statement is changed to the reported speech using the infinitive form of the verb (to pardon).
• Inverted commas are removed.

Therefore, the correct sentence is: The young man begged of his father to pardon him.