text_original: " If I had had any idea that things were so bad as this with him," he murmured, "hang me if I would have suggested coming. What a brute he must suppose I am." Mr. Nash was, as he was too apt to be, sententious. Digitized by VjOOQIC i84 THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN "You must never infer how a Frenchman lives, or where, from his appearance at his caf6." They knocked three times, and still there was no answer. Mr. Kennard was about to propose a re  treat when M. Gerbert himself opened the door.
text_transcription: IF I HAD HAD ANY IDEA THAT THINGS WERE SO BAD AS THIS WITH HIM HE MURMURED HANG ME IF I WOULD HAVE SUGGESTED COMING WHAT A BRUTE HE MUST SUPPOSE I AM MISTER NASH WAS AS HE WAS TOO APT TO BE SENTENTIOUS YOU MUST NEVER INFER HOW A FRENCHMAN LIVES OR WHERE FROM HIS APPEARANCE AT HIS CAFE THEY KNOCKED THREE TIMES AND STILL THERE WAS NO ANSWER MISTER KENNARD WAS ABOUT TO PROPOSE A RETREAT WHEN MONSIEUR JALBERT HIMSELF OPENED THE DOOR
phonemes: " ɪf aɪ hæd hˌæd ˌɛni aɪdˈiə ðæt θˈɪŋz wɜː sˌoʊ bˈæd æz ðɪs wɪð hˌɪm," hiː mˈɜːmɚd, "hˈæŋ mˌiː ɪf aɪ wʊdhɐv sədʒˈɛstᵻd kˈʌmɪŋ. wˌʌt ɐ bɹˈuːt hiː mˈʌst səpˈoʊz aɪˈæm." mˈɪstɚ. nˈæʃ wʌz, æz hiː wʌz tˈuː ˈæpt tə bˈiː, sɛntˈɛnʃəs. dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk ˈaɪ ˈeɪɾi fˈɔːɹ ðə sˈiːn ænd ðɪ ʌnsˈiːn "juː mˈʌst nˈɛvɚɹ ɪnfˈɜː hˌaʊ ɐ fɹˈɛntʃmən lˈaɪvz, ɔːɹ wˈɛɹ, fɹʌm hɪz ɐpˈɪɹəns æt hɪz kˈæf sˈɪks." ðeɪ nˈɑːkt θɹˈiː tˈaɪmz, ænd stˈɪl ðɛɹwˌʌz nˈoʊ ˈænsɚ. mˈɪstɚ. kˈɛnɚd wʌz ɐbˌaʊt tə pɹəpˈoʊz ɐ ɹˌiː tɹˈiːt wɛn ˈɛm. dʒˈɜːbɚt hɪmsˈɛlf ˈoʊpənd ðə dˈɔːɹ.