text_original: They went in by the round house, and there it was not so bad ; but when they began to mount the cold, worn, stone steps which wound up between the massive whitewashed walls, the darkness rendered still more visible by the lantern in the warder's hand, one began to realise that, after all, there might be "visions about." Digitized by VjOOQIC $6 THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN Canterstone Jail was an old fashioned jail, built in the good old fashioned days when stone walls, six feet thick, were considered a sine qud non in jails.
text_transcription: THEY WENT IN BY THE ROUND HOUSE AND THERE IT WAS NOT SO BAD BUT WHEN THEY BEGAN TO MOUNT THE COLD WORN STONE STEPS WHICH WOUND UP BETWEEN THE MASSIVE WHITEWASHED WALLS THE DARKNESS RENDERED STILL MORE VISIBLE BY THE LANTERN IN THE WARDER'S HAND ONE BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT AFTER ALL THERE MIGHT BE VISIONS ABOUT CANDLESTONE JAIL WAS AN OLD FASHIONED JAIL BUILT IN THE GOOD OLD FASHIONED DAYS WHEN STONE WALLS SIX FEET THICK WERE CONSIDERED AS SEEN AQUANON IN JAILS
phonemes: ðeɪ wɛnt ɪn baɪ ðə ɹˈaʊnd hˈaʊs, ænd ðɛɹ ɪt wʌz nˌɑːt sˌoʊ bˈæd ; bˌʌt wɛn ðeɪ bɪɡˈæn tə mˈaʊnt ðə kˈoʊld, wˈɔːɹn, stˈoʊn stˈɛps wˌɪtʃ wˌaʊnd ˈʌp bᵻtwˌiːn ðə mˈæsɪv wˈaɪtwɑːʃt wˈɔːlz, ðə dˈɑːɹknəs ɹˈɛndɚd stˈɪl mˈɔːɹ vˈɪzᵻbəl baɪ ðə lˈæntɚn ɪnðə wˈɔːɹdɚz hˈænd, wˈʌn bɪɡˈæn tə ɹˈiːəlaɪz ðˈæt, ˈæftɚɹ ˈɔːl, ðɛɹ mˌaɪt bˈiː "vˈɪʒənz ɐbˈaʊt." dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk dˈɑːlɚ sˈɪks ðə sˈiːn ænd ðɪ ʌnsˈiːn kˈæntɚstˌoʊn dʒˈeɪl wʌz ɐn ˈoʊld fˈæʃənd dʒˈeɪl, bˈɪlt ɪnðə ɡˈʊd ˈoʊld fˈæʃənd dˈeɪz wɛn stˈoʊn wˈɔːlz, sˈɪks fˈiːt θˈɪk, wɜː kənsˈɪdɚd ɐ sˈaɪn kwəd nˈɑːn ɪn dʒˈeɪlz.