text_original: If he had reconnoitered as carefully as he had followed his game, he would have been able to locate them without the least suspicion on their part that they had been shadowed. It then would have been simple to have watched for some unguarded moment, when the boys could easily have gained entrance to their quarters and secured the children.
text_transcription: IF HE HAD RECONNOITRED AS CAREFULLY AS HE HAD FOLLOWED HIS GAME HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE THEM WITHOUT THE LEAST SUSPICION ON THEIR PART THAT THEY HAD BEEN SHADOWED IT THEN WOULD HAVE BEEN SIMPLE TO HAVE WATCHED FOR SOME UNGUARDED MOMENT WHEN THE BOYS COULD EASILY HAVE GAINED ENTRANCE TO THEIR QUARTERS AND SECURED THE CHILDREN
phonemes: ɪf hiː hæd ɹˌiːkənˈɔɪɾɚd æz kˈɛɹfəli æz hiː hæd fˈɑːloʊd hɪz ɡˈeɪm, hiː wʊdhɐv bˌɪn ˈeɪbəl tə loʊkˈeɪt ðˌɛm wɪðˌaʊt ðə lˈiːst səspˈɪʃən ˌɔn ðɛɹ pˈɑːɹt ðæt ðeɪ hɐdbɪn ʃˈædoʊd. ɪt ðˈɛn wʊdhɐv bˌɪn sˈɪmpəl tə hæv wˈɑːtʃt fɔːɹ sˌʌm ʌŋɡˈɑːɹdᵻd mˈoʊmənt, wˌɛn ðə bˈɔɪz kʊd ˈiːzili hæv ɡˈeɪnd ˈɛntɹəns tə ðɛɹ kwˈɔːɹɾɚz ænd sᵻkjˈʊɹd ðə tʃˈɪldɹən.