I am reading the book 鵺の家 by 廣嶋玲子, and I have a question about the usage of
the words と言って and だ in the following.

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> だが、昨日、兄はこういった。もう逃げることはない。富を見つけたのだ。我々はこの土地でいきていくぞ。皆は喜び、その富とやらのことを詳しく聞きたがった。だが、若き棟梁は
> **それはまた改めて話すと言って**
> 、決して口を割らなかった。そして今日になって、そっと妹に耳打ちしてきたのだ。森の中で見つけた富を、おまえに最初に見せてやろうと。兄の気持ち **だ**
> と、少女は喜んだ。

My attempt at translation:

> However, yesterday the older brother said the following. There shall be no
> more running. For I have discovered a treasure. We will be living in this
> land. Everyone (in the family) rejoiced and wanted to hear about that
> treasure. But the young head of the family (the older brother) **while
> repeating what he said** , did not disclose any details at all. And today he
> whispered in secret into the ear of his younger sister. He said, I will
> first show the treasure, which I discovered in the middle of the forest, to
> you. The girl was glad **that he felt that way**.

I am not sure about と言って。In the last sentence why is there だ? Could we replace
だ with に or 見ると? What about 言って。Thank you for help.
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Meaning of と言って and だ in a sentence from a book
> 若き棟梁はそれはまた改めて話すと言って、決して口を割らなかった

To me it sounds like "the young leader said that he would talk that another
time but never confessed". Like " **said** XXX **and** never confessed". And
that is probably why he talked to the sister **first**. Like a secret.

と言って can mean adversity sometimes.

> 兄の気持ちだと、少女は喜んだ

To me, that と is the content particle. だ seems to be there because "she was
glad that her older brother's feeling **was** that": telling her.
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