text_original: Generally honour is satisfied without the shedding of blood ; each, having consistently missed the other and resisted the temptations of Sying low over his opponents' guns, returns home to dinner. But in this case — ^well, whether it was Archie or whether it was the Maxim is really immaterial. Suddenly a great sheet of flame seemed to leap from the German machine and a puff of black smoke : it staggered like a shot bird and then, without warning, it fell — a streak of light, like some giant shooting star rushing to the earth.
text_transcription: GENERALLY HONOUR IS SATISFIED WITHOUT SETTING BLOOD EACH HAVING CONSISTENTLY MISSED THE OTHER AND RESISTED THE TETANS OF FLYING LOWER HIS OPPONENT'S GUNS RETURNS HOME TO DINNER BUT IN THIS CASE WELL WHETHER IT WAS ARCHY OR WEATHER WAS THE MAXIM IS REALLY IMMATERIAL SUDDENLY A GREAT SHEET OF FLAME SEEMED TO LEAP FROM THE GERMAN MACHINE A PUFF OF BLACK SMOKE IT STAGGERED LIKE A SHOT BIRD AND THEN WITHOUT WARNING IT FELL A STREAK OF LIGHT LIKE SOME GIANT SHOOTING STAR RUSHING TO THE EARTH
phonemes: dʒˈɛnɚɹəli ˈɑːnɚɹ ɪz sˈæɾɪsfˌaɪd wɪðˌaʊt ðə ʃˈɛdɪŋ ʌv blˈʌd ; ˈiːtʃ, hˌævɪŋ kənsˈɪstəntli mˈɪst ðɪ ˈʌðɚ ænd ɹᵻzˈɪstᵻd ðə tɛmptˈeɪʃənz ʌv sˈɪɪŋ lˈoʊ ˌoʊvɚ hɪz əpˈoʊnənts ɡˈʌnz, ɹᵻtˈɜːnz hˈoʊm tə dˈɪnɚ. bˌʌt ɪn ðɪs kˈeɪs — wˈɛl, wˈɛðɚɹ ɪt wʌz ˈɑːɹtʃi ɔːɹ wˈɛðɚɹ ɪt wʌzðə mˈæksɪm ɪz ɹˈiəli ˌɪmətˈɪɹiəl. sˈʌdənli ɐ ɡɹˈeɪt ʃˈiːt ʌv flˈeɪm sˈiːmd tə lˈiːp fɹʌmðə dʒˈɜːmən məʃˈiːn ænd ɐ pˈʌf ʌv blˈæk smˈoʊk : ɪt stˈæɡɚd lˈaɪk ɐ ʃˈɑːt bˈɜːd ænd ðˈɛn, wɪðˌaʊt wˈɔːɹnɪŋ, ɪt fˈɛl — ɐ stɹˈiːk ʌv lˈaɪt, lˈaɪk sˌʌm dʒˈaɪənt ʃˈuːɾɪŋ stˈɑːɹ ɹˈʌʃɪŋ tə ðɪ ˈɜːθ.