text_original: It might have been that my feelings and memories had been worked up by the seeing again the pier where first I had met Lauchlane Macleod, and the moving life which then had environed him. I felt coming over me that strange impalpable influence or tendency which had been a part of my nature in the days immediately before the drowning of the Out islander. Even as I looked, I seemed to feel rather than see fixed upon me the baleful eyes of the man in the ghostly procession on that Lammas eve. I was recalled to myself by the voice of the auctioneer: "The kist and its contents will be sold for a guinea and not a bawbee less." "I take it!" I cried impulsively.
text_transcription: IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THAT MY FEELINGS AND MEMORIES HAD BEEN WORKED UP BY THE SCENE AGAIN THE PIER WHERE I FIRST HAD MET LACHLAND MACLOYD AND THE MOVING LIFE WHICH THEN ENVIRONED HIM I FELT COMING OVER ME THE STRANGE IMPALPABLE INFLUENCE OR TENDENCY WHICH HAD BEEN A PART OF MY NATURE IN THE DAYS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE DRAIN OF THE OUT ISLANDER EVEN AS I LOOKED I SEEMED TO FEEL RATHER THAN SEE FIXED UPON ME THE BALEFUL EYES OF THE MAN IN THE GHOSTLY PROCESSION ON THE LAMA SCENE I WAS RECALLED TO MYSELF BY THE VOICE OF THE AUCTIONEER THE KISS AND ITS CONTENTS WILL BE SOLD FOR A GUINEA AND NOT A BODY LESS I TAKE IT I CRIED IMPULSIVELY
phonemes: ɪt mˌaɪthɐv bˌɪn ðæt maɪ fˈiːlɪŋz ænd mˈɛmɚɹiz hɐdbɪn wˈɜːkt ˌʌp baɪ ðə sˈiːɪŋ ɐɡˈɛn ðə pˈɪɹ wˌɛɹ fˈɜːst aɪ hæd mˈɛt lˈɔːtʃleɪn məklˈaʊd, ænd ðə mˈuːvɪŋ lˈaɪf wˌɪtʃ ðˈɛn hæd ɛnvˈaɪɹənd hˌɪm. aɪ fˈɛlt kˈʌmɪŋ ˌoʊvɚ mˌiː ðæt stɹˈeɪndʒ ɪmpˈælpəbəl ˈɪnfluːəns ɔːɹ tˈɛndənsi wˌɪtʃ hɐdbɪn ɐ pˈɑːɹt ʌv maɪ nˈeɪtʃɚɹ ɪnðə dˈeɪz ɪmˈiːdɪətli bᵻfˌɔːɹ ðə dɹˈaʊnɪŋ ʌvðɪ ˈaʊt ˈaɪləndɚ. ˈiːvən æz aɪ lˈʊkt, aɪ sˈiːmd tə fˈiːl ɹˈæðɚ ðɐn sˈiː fˈɪkst əpˌɑːn mˌiː ðə bˈeɪlfəl ˈaɪz ʌvðə mˈæn ɪnðə ɡˈoʊstli pɹəsˈɛʃən ˌɔn ðæt lˈæməz ˈiːv. aɪ wʌz ɹᵻkˈɔːld tə maɪsˈɛlf baɪ ðə vˈɔɪs ʌvðɪ ˈɔːkʃənˈɪɹ: "ðə kˈɪst ænd ɪts kˈɑːntɛnts wɪl biː sˈoʊld fɚɹə ɡˈɪni ænd nˌɑːɾə bˈɔːbiː lˈɛs." "aɪ tˈeɪk ɪt!" aɪ kɹˈaɪd ɪmpˈʌlsɪvli.