text_original: Perhaps its most tranquil period had come within the last ten years. It was ten years since, MRS. BANNISTER HOLDS OUT A HELPING HAND. 193 her Italian husband and her children having one by one died, she had found herself alone in the world, with a gaunt, long legged hobadahoy of eighteen, her dead sister's orphan son, for her sole protector.
text_transcription: PERHAPS ITS MOST TRANQUIL PERIOD HAD COME WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS IT WAS TEN YEARS SINCE HER ITALIAN HUSBAND AND HER CHILDREN HAVING ONE BY ONE DIED SHE HAD FOUND HERSELF ALONE IN THE WORLD WITH A GAUNT LONG LEGGED HABEDAHOY OF EIGHTEEN HER DEAD SISTER'S ORPHAN SON FOR HER SOLE PROTECTOR
phonemes: pɚhˈæps ɪts mˈoʊst tɹˈæŋkwɪl pˈiəɹɪəd hæd kˈʌm wɪðˌɪn ðə lˈæst tˈɛn jˈɪɹz. ɪt wʌz tˈɛn jˈɪɹz sˈɪns, mˈɪsɪz. bˈænɪstɚ hˈoʊldz ˈaʊt ɐ hˈɛlpɪŋ hˈænd. wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti θɹˈiː hɜːɹ ɪtˈæliən hˈʌsbənd ænd hɜː tʃˈɪldɹən hˌævɪŋ wˈʌn baɪ wˈʌn dˈaɪd, ʃiː hæd fˈaʊnd hɜːsˈɛlf ɐlˈoʊn ɪnðə wˈɜːld, wɪð ɐ ɡˈɔːnt, lˈɔŋ lˈɛɡɪd hˈoʊbɐdˌæhɔɪ ʌv ˈeɪtiːn, hɜː dˈɛd sˈɪstɚz ˈɔːɹfən sˈʌn, fɔːɹ hɜː sˈoʊl pɹətˈɛktɚ.