text_original: To this intimation, which would have utterly disconcerted me if I had not expected it, I replied, without hesitation that, though my fortune was very small, I was a gentleman by birth and education, would maintain her daughter in the sphere of a gentlewoman, and settle her own dowry on her and her heirs for ever.
text_transcription: TO THIS INTIMATION WHICH WOULD HAVE UTTERLY DISCONCERTED ME IF I HAD NOT EXPECTED IT I REPLIED WITHOUT HESITATION THAT THOUGH MY FORTUNE WAS VERY SMALL I WAS A GENTLEMAN BY BIRTH AND EDUCATION WOULD MAINTAIN HER DAUGHTER IN THE SPHERE OF A GENTLEWOMAN AND SETTLE HER OWN DOWRY ON HER AND HER HEIRS FOR EVER
phonemes: tə ðɪs ˌɪntɪmˈeɪʃən, wˌɪtʃ wʊdhɐv ˈʌɾɚli dɪskənsˈɜːɾᵻd mˌiː ɪf aɪ hæd nˌɑːt ɛkspˈɛktᵻd ɪt, aɪ ɹᵻplˈaɪd, wɪðˌaʊt hˌɛzɪtˈeɪʃən ðˈæt, ðˌoʊ maɪ fˈɔːɹtʃʊn wʌz vˈɛɹi smˈɔːl, aɪ wʌzɐ dʒˈɛntəlmən baɪ bˈɜːθ ænd ˌɛdʒuːkˈeɪʃən, wʊd meɪntˈeɪn hɜː dˈɔːɾɚɹ ɪnðə sfˈɪɹ əvə dʒˈɛntəlwˌʊmən, ænd sˈɛɾəl hɜːɹ ˈoʊn dˈaʊɹi ˌɔn hɜː ænd hɜːɹ ˈɛɹz fɔːɹ ˈɛvɚ.