text_original: So when she heard that her father lived from day to day a wretched hand to mouth ex  istence, haunted by the grim phantom of starva  tion, she was seized with a sudden sense that she had been very wicked to this weak old man, and she agreed to allow him a decent pittance, which would enable him to live about as comfortably as a half pay officer or a small annuitant.
text_transcription: SO WHEN SHE HEARD THAT HER FATHER LIVED FROM DAY TO DAY A WRETCHED HAND TO MOUTH EXISTENCE HAUNTED BY THE GRIM PHANTOM OF STARVATION SHE WAS SEIZED WITH A SUDDEN SENSE THAT SHE HAD BEEN VERY WICKED TO THIS WEAK OLD MAN AND SHE AGREED TO ALLOW HIM A DECENT PITTANCE WHICH WOULD ENABLE HIM TO LIVE ABOUT AS COMFORTABLY AS A HALF PAY OFFICER OR A SMALL ANNUITANT
phonemes: sˌoʊ wɛn ʃiː hˈɜːd ðæt hɜː fˈɑːðɚ lˈɪvd fɹʌm dˈeɪ tə dˈeɪ ɐ ɹˈɛtʃᵻd hˈænd tə mˈaʊθ ˈɛks ˈɪstəns, hˈɔːntᵻd baɪ ðə ɡɹˈɪm fˈæntəm ʌv stˈɑːɹvə tɪˈɑːn, ʃiː wʌz sˈiːzd wɪð ɐ sˈʌdən sˈɛns ðæt ʃiː hɐdbɪn vˈɛɹi wˈɪkᵻd tə ðɪs wˈiːk ˈoʊld mˈæn, ænd ʃiː ɐɡɹˈiːd tʊ ɐlˈaʊ hˌɪm ɐ dˈiːsənt pˈɪtəns, wˌɪtʃ wʊd ɛnˈeɪbəl hˌɪm tə lˈɪv ɐbˌaʊt æz kˈʌmftəbli æz ɐ hˈæf pˈeɪ ˈɑːfɪsɚ ɔːɹ ɐ smˈɔːl ɐnˈuːɪtənt.