text_original: " Poor little Evelina," said Mary abstract  edly. " Poor ! " laughed Alison. " What do you think the girl asked for when I told her she might choose a wedding present ? A white silk dress ! She knew, she said, where she could get one, second hand, for twelve and sixpence, but what she held out for most 148 THE 8T0RY OF A MODERN WOMAN. was a white tulle veil and a wreath of orange blossoms." "The veil and the orange blossoms are quite pathetic," murmured Mary, getting up and pushing the window wide open. There was a long silence, during which a large bumble bee swayed in and buzzed ponder  ously round the little room.
text_transcription: POOR LITTLE EVELINA SAID MARY ABSTRACTEDLY POOR LAUGHED ALLISON WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE ASKED FOR WHEN I TOLD HER SHE MIGHT CHOOSE A WEDDING PRESENT A WHITE SILK DRESS SHE KNEW SHE SAID WHERE SHE COULD GET ONE SECOND HAND FOR TWELVE AND SIXPENCE BUT WHAT SHE HELD OUT FOREMOST WAS A WHITE TULLE VEIL AND A WREATH OF ORANGE BLOSSOMS THE VILLAIN ORANGE BLOSSOMS ARE QUITE PATHETIC MURMURED MARY GETTING UP AND PUSHING THE WINDOW WIDE OPEN THERE WAS A LONG SILENCE DURING WHICH A LARGE BUMBLE BEE SWAYED IN AND BUZZED PONDEROUSLY ROUND THE LITTLE ROOM
phonemes: " pˈʊɹ lˈɪɾəl iːvlˈiːnə," sˈɛd mˈɛɹi ˈæbstɹækt ᵻdli. " pˈʊɹ ! " lˈæft ˈælɪsən. " wˌʌt dˈuː juː θˈɪŋk ðə ɡˈɜːl ˈæskt fɔːɹ wɛn aɪ tˈoʊld hɜː ʃiː mˌaɪt tʃˈuːz ɐ wˈɛdɪŋ pɹˈɛzənt ? ɐ wˈaɪt sˈɪlk dɹˈɛs ! ʃiː nˈuː, ʃiː sˈɛd, wˌɛɹ ʃiː kʊd ɡˈɛt wˌʌn, sˈɛkənd hˈænd, fɔːɹ twˈɛlv ænd sˈɪkspəns, bˌʌt wʌt ʃiː hˈɛld ˈaʊt fɔːɹ mˈoʊst wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɔːɹɾi ˈeɪt ðɪ ˈeɪt tˈiː zˈiəɹoʊ ˌɑːɹwˈaɪ əvə mˈɑːdɚn wˈʊmən. wʌzɐ wˈaɪt tˈʌl vˈeɪl ænd ɐ ɹˈiːθ ʌv ˈɔɹɪndʒ blˈɔsəmz." "ðə vˈeɪl ænd ðɪ ˈɔɹɪndʒ blˈɔsəmz ɑːɹ kwˈaɪt pɐθˈɛɾɪk," mˈɜːmɚd mˈɛɹi, ɡˌɛɾɪŋ ˌʌp ænd pˈʊʃɪŋ ðə wˈɪndoʊ wˈaɪd ˈoʊpən. ðɛɹwˌʌz ɐ lˈɔŋ sˈaɪləns, dˈʊɹɹɪŋ wˌɪtʃ ɐ lˈɑːɹdʒ bˈʌmbəl bˈiː swˈeɪd ɪn ænd bˈʌzd pˈɑːndɚɹ ˈaʊsli ɹˈaʊnd ðə lˈɪɾəl ɹˈuːm.