The phrase 'Someone ought to do something' was not, by itself, a helpful one. People who used it never added the rider 'and that someone is me'.

“And people think she killed him?" said Miss Tick. She sighed. "They probably th…”

“He had a sword. There was that about him: when this man held a sword, it was cl…”

“In a distant forest a wolf howled, felt embarrassed when no one joined in, and …”

“The trouble with life was that you didn’t get a chance to practice before doing…”