unearths some literary gems.
From "The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel," by A. E. W. Mason:
***"And I ask myself"--Mr. Ricardo never could ask himself anything without assuming a manner of extreme pomposity--"I ask myself...."***[Bonus: nonexistent (I assume) jewelers called Messrs. Lustre and Steinopolis, of Hatton Garden--mentioned by a character in an entirely hypothetical scenario he's depicting, so presumably fictitious even within the fictional world of the story]