<Pretty fair now>, I'd <say>, <that we've got more distance behind us>

[park sang joon]

The protagonist and his companion Ganelon are escaping from his brother's pursuit.
Shadows are parallel worlds of two real worlds.

"What are our chances of escaping him?"
"Pretty fair now, I'd say, that we've got more distance behind us. I am going to shuffle some more shadows as soon as my heads stop spinning."
["The Guns of Avalon" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I think "pretty fair now" is an object of "say."
And I'd like to know if the underlined "that" clause is also an object of "say."

 

[BLUEGLAZE]

'Pretty fair now' is an adverbial phrase that goes to escaping. Those are the chances of escaping.
Then he continues and the 'that' phrase is the object of say (it is what he is saying).

 

[park sang joon]

Thank you, BLUEGLAZE, for your so very helpful answer.
Then I was wondering what role the comma before "that" plays.

 

[BLUEGLAZE]

I am not always good about punctuation. Perhaps it is just a mistake. When someone is quoting then a comma appears.
Example: Tom said, "you're right". With the sentence you presented it is my opinion that it doesn't belong.

 

[sound shift]

The comma is there because the meaning is "now that we've got more distance behind us". The author could have written: "Pretty fair, I'd say, now that we've got more distance behind us." In other words, the speaker thinks that he and his companion have a pretty fair chance of escaping because there is now more distance behind them.

 

[park sang joon]

Thank you, BLUEGLAZE, for another kind answer from you.
Thank you, sound shift, for your so very helpful answer.

 

[RM1(SS)]

The author could have written: "Pretty fair, I'd say, now that we've got more distance behind us."

It actually looks very odd - I could even say wrong - the other way.

 

[RedwoodGrove]

"What are our chances of escaping him?" "Pretty fair now, I'd say, that we've got more distance behind us. I am going to shuffle some more shadows as soon as my heads stop spinning." ["The Guns of Avalon" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny] I think "pretty fair now" is an object of "say." And I'd like to know if the underlined "that" clause is also an object of "say."

I go with sound shift's sentence. The "now" is in the wrong place.

I do not see a direct object or indirect object in the sentence. It could be restated as: I'd say our chances of escaping him are pretty fair now that we've got more distance behind us.

No DO or IO there. If you said "Say your prayers." that would be a DO.

 

[Parla]

Yes, Sound Shift's shift is the way it would normally be written.

 

[park sang joon]

Thank you, RM1(SS), RedwoodGrove, and Parla, for your so very valuable opinions.