Indirect speech

0"He asked me where I was going and, when I had told him a second time 01b00he asked me did I know02b00 01i00The Arab's Farewell to his Steed02i00" (James Joyce "The Dubliners" - "Araby")02br
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00"Observing me the young lady came over and 01b00asked me did I wish to buy anything02b00" (James Joyce "The Dubliners" - "Araby")02br
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00"In the end he would give her the money and 01b00ask her had she the intention 02b00of buying Sunday's dinner" (James Joyce "The Dubliners" - "Eveline")02br
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00As you can see, in all those examples the indirect speech sentence is written in interrogative form.02br
00I have been looking for such a structure on many books, but I could not find any reference at all.02br
00What is that? Maybe an old fashioned structure?02br
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00Thanks.02br
00Best regards.02br
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