text_original: An exclama  tion or two, it seemed to us in English ; then a thud, as if Digitized by ONE WAY IK. 97 some soft and heavy body had come in sudden contact with the ground. A momentary silence. Then what was unmistakably an official voice, a beautiful and a blessed voice it sounded to me just then.
text_transcription: AN EXCLAMATION OR TWO IT SEEMED TO US IN ENGLISH THEN A SUDDEN AS IF SOME SOFT AND HEAVY BODY HAD COME IN SUDDEN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND A MOMENTARY SILENCE THEN WHAT WAS UNMISTAKABLY AN OFFICIAL VOICE A BEAUTIFUL AND BLESSED VOICE IT SOUNDED TO ME JUST THEN
phonemes: ɐn ɛksklˈɑːmə tɪˈɑːn ɔːɹ tˈuː, ɪt sˈiːmd tʊ ˌʌs ɪn ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ ; ðˈɛn ɐ θˈʌd, æz ɪf dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ wˈʌn dˌʌbəljˌuːˌeɪwˈaɪ ˌaɪkˈeɪ. nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən sˌʌm sˈɔft ænd hˈɛvi bˈɑːdi hæd kˈʌm ɪn sˈʌdən kˈɑːntækt wɪððə ɡɹˈaʊnd. ɐ mˈoʊməntˌɛɹi sˈaɪləns. ðˈɛn wʌt wʌz ʌnmɪstˈeɪkəbli ɐn əfˈɪʃəl vˈɔɪs, ɐ bjˈuːɾifəl ænd ɐ blˈɛst vˈɔɪs ɪt sˈaʊndᵻd tə mˌiː dʒˈʌst ðˈɛn.