text_original: Seeing him reeling and running through the street, one might have thought him demented, but dementia was too familiar in Durazzo in those days to cause remark. Nikola Petrovitch, meeting him at the door, shrank from his outstretched hands as if they were those of a ghost. In all his imaginings of what might happen to hasten the day when he could put his precious charge still alive into her father's care, he had never dreamed of this. Reuben Cowder here!
text_transcription: SEEING HIM REELING AND RUNNING THROUGH THE STREET ONE MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT HIM DEMENTED BUT DEMITCHE WAS TOO FAMILIAR IN DERAZZO IN THOSE DAYS TO KALL'S REMARK NIKOLAY PETROVITCH MEETING HIM AT THE DOOR SHRANK FROM HIS OUTREACHED HANDS AS IF THEY WERE THOSE OF A GHOST IN ALL HIS IMAGININGS OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO HASTEN THE DAY WHEN HE COULD PUT HIS PRECIOUS CHARGE STILL ALIVE INTO HER FATHER'S CARE HE HAD NEVER DREAMED OF THIS REUBEN COUNTER HERE
phonemes: sˈiːɪŋ hˌɪm ɹˈiːlɪŋ ænd ɹˈʌnɪŋ θɹuː ðə stɹˈiːt, wˈʌn mˌaɪthɐv θˈɔːt hˌɪm dᵻmˈɛntᵻd, bˌʌt dᵻmˈɛnʃə wʌz tˈuː fəmˈɪlɪɹ ɪn dʊɹɹˈætsoʊ ɪn ðoʊz dˈeɪz tə kˈɔːz ɹᵻmˈɑːɹk. nɪkˈoʊlə pˈɛtɹəvˌɪtʃ, mˈiːɾɪŋ hˌɪm æt ðə dˈɔːɹ, ʃɹˈæŋk fɹʌm hɪz aʊtstɹˈɛtʃt hˈændz æz ɪf ðeɪ wɜː ðoʊz əvə ɡˈoʊst. ɪn ˈɔːl hɪz ɪmˈædʒɪnɪŋz ʌv wʌt mˌaɪt hˈæpən tə hˈeɪsən ðə dˈeɪ wɛn hiː kʊd pˌʊt hɪz pɹˈɛʃəs tʃˈɑːɹdʒ stˈɪl ɐlˈaɪv ˌɪntʊ hɜː fˈɑːðɚz kˈɛɹ, hiː hæd nˈɛvɚ dɹˈiːmd ʌv ðˈɪs. ɹˈuːbən kˈaʊdɚ hˈɪɹ!