text_original: I was not altogether unaccustomed to auctions, so I affected a nonchalance which I did not feel. Indeed, I was unaccountably excited. 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.
text_transcription: I WAS NOT ALTOGETHER UNACCUSTOMED TO AUCTIONS SO I EFFECTED A NONCHALANCE WHICH I DID NOT FEEL INDEED I WAS UNACCOUNTABLY EXCITED 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
phonemes: aɪ wʌz nˌɑːt ˌɔːltəɡˈɛðɚɹ ʌnɐkˈʌstəmd tʊ ˈɔːkʃənz, sˌoʊ aɪ ɐfˈɛktᵻd ɐ nˌɑːnʃəlˈɑːns wˌɪtʃ aɪ dɪdnˌɑːt fˈiːl. ˌɪndˈiːd, aɪ wʌz ʌnɐkˈaʊntəbli ɛksˈaɪɾᵻd. 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.