text_original: Coquetry was an unknown science to this girl of seventeen. In all matters connected with that womanly accomplishment she was as much a child now that her seventeenth birthday was past, as she had been in the old days at Chelsea when she had upset Richard's colour boxes and made grotesque copies of his paintings. Q 2 228 "I know you love me, Dick/' she continued, "quite as much as if I were your real sister, instead of a poor desolate girl who flung herself upon you and yours in the day of her affliction.
text_transcription: COQUETRY WAS AN UNKNOWN SCIENCE TO THIS GIRL OF SEVENTEEN IN ALL MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THAT WOMANLY ACCOMPLISHMENT SHE WAS AS MUCH A CHILD NOW THAT HER SEVENTEENTH BIRTHDAY WAS PAST AS SHE HAD BEEN IN THE OLD DAYS AT CHELSEA WHEN SHE HAD UPSET RICHARD'S COLOR BOXES AND MADE GROTESQUE COPIES OF HIS PAINTINGS I KNOW YOU LOVE ME DICK SHE CONTINUED QUITE AS MUCH AS IF I WERE YOUR REAL SISTER INSTEAD OF A POOR DESOLATE GIRL WHO FLUNG HERSELF UPON YOU AND YOURS IN THE DAY OF HER AFFLICTION
phonemes: kˈɑːkwɪtɹi wʌz ɐn ʌnnˈoʊn sˈaɪəns tə ðɪs ɡˈɜːl ʌv sˈɛvəntˌiːn. ɪn ˈɔːl mˈæɾɚz kənˈɛktᵻd wɪð ðæt wˈʊmənli ɐkˈɑːmplɪʃmənt ʃiː wʌz æz mˈʌtʃ ɐ tʃˈaɪld nˈaʊ ðæt hɜː sˈɛvəntˌiːnθ bˈɜːθdeɪ wʌz pˈæst, æz ʃiː hɐdbɪn ɪnðɪ ˈoʊld dˈeɪz æt tʃˈɛlsiː wɛn ʃiː hæd ʌpsˈɛt ɹˈɪtʃɚdz kˈʌlɚ bˈɑːksᵻz ænd mˌeɪd ɡɹoʊtˈɛsk kˈɑːpɪz ʌv hɪz pˈeɪntɪŋz. kjˈuː tˈuː tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti ˈeɪt "aɪ nˈoʊ juː lˈʌv mˌiː, dˈɪk slˈæʃ ʃiː kəntˈɪnjuːd, "kwˈaɪt æz mˈʌtʃ æz ɪf aɪ wɜː jʊɹ ɹˈiːəl sˈɪstɚ, ɪnstˈɛd əvə pˈʊɹ dˈɛsələt ɡˈɜːl hˌuː flˈʌŋ hɜːsˈɛlf əpˌɑːn juː ænd jˈɔːɹz ɪnðə dˈeɪ ʌv hɜːɹ ɐflˈɪkʃən.