Owen

[quick surge]

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[valid sorrel]

here again

[celest fable]

hmm. i haven't come across this personally, but to me, à lui-même is covered by the reflexive pronoun. i would think of this kind of as "he said to himself, inside".

but more idiomatically like "he thought"

also seems kinda old-fashioned/formal?

[valid sorrel]

yeh that makes sense