@ amjad bai

direct and indirect narration

He exclaimed with joy to meet his friends there by his own fireside.
He exclaimed with joy that he had met his friends there by his own fireside.

Reference:

In exclamatory sentences,said is changed to'exclaimed with' after which expressed feelings are mentioned such as joy,sorrow,surprise etc.

there is another solution to this(followed by authors):

HE expressed sheer delight to find his friend there by his own fireside

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