text_original: The pictures of what was happening to the girl in that bleak and distracted land came before his eyes as he went about his daily work, stinging him as an unexpected shot might have done, or wakened him, shivering, from his sleep by their horrible realism. His anxiety became so great in the early part of the year that he had almost persuaded himself to join Reuben Cowder in his distracted search, when the cablegram came that Nancy was found.
text_transcription: THE PICTURES OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO THE GIRL IN THAT BLEAK AND DISTRACTED LAND CAME BEFORE HIS EYES AS HE WENT ABOUT HIS DAILY WORK STINGING HIM AS AN UNEXPECTED SHOCK MIGHT HAVE DONE OR WAKENED HIM SHIVERING FROM HIS SLEEP BY THEIR HORRIBLE REALISM HIS ANXIETY BECAME SO GREAT IN THE EARLY PARTS OF THE YEAR THAT HE HAD ALMOST PERSUADED HIMSELF TO JOIN REUBEN COWER IN HIS DISTRACTED SEARCH WHEN THE CABLEGRAM CAME THAT NANCY WAS FOUND
phonemes: ðə pˈɪktʃɚz ʌv wʌt wʌz hˈæpənɪŋ tə ðə ɡˈɜːl ɪn ðæt blˈiːk ænd dɪstɹˈæktᵻd lˈænd kˈeɪm bᵻfˌɔːɹ hɪz ˈaɪz æz hiː wɛnt ɐbˌaʊt hɪz dˈeɪli wˈɜːk, stˈɪŋɪŋ hˌɪm æz ɐn ˌʌnɛkspˈɛktᵻd ʃˈɑːt mˌaɪthɐv dˈʌn, ɔːɹ wˈeɪkənd hˌɪm, ʃˈɪvɚɹɪŋ, fɹʌm hɪz slˈiːp baɪ ðɛɹ hˈɔːɹɪbəl ɹˈiːəlɪzəm. hɪz æŋzˈaɪəɾi bɪkˌeɪm sˌoʊ ɡɹˈeɪt ɪnðɪ ˈɜːli pˈɑːɹt ʌvðə jˈɪɹ ðæt hiː hæd ˈɔːlmoʊst pɚswˈeɪdᵻd hɪmsˈɛlf tə dʒˈɔɪn ɹˈuːbən kˈaʊdɚɹ ɪn hɪz dɪstɹˈæktᵻd sˈɜːtʃ, wˌɛn ðə kˈeɪbəlɡɹˌæm kˈeɪm ðæt nˈænsi wʌz fˈaʊnd.