text_original: How thankful I was to do so no one but myself can have the faintest conception. " Hardly had I set foot on terra finna than I became convinced that I had been duped from first to last The fellow we had chased turned out to be an honest, simple fisherman, who had been employed to take a telegram from the post office to the yacht, and who protested that he had never left his boat, Digitized by VjOOQIC 256 THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN and that he knew nothing of my belt or case.
text_transcription: HOW THANKFUL I WAS TO DO SO NO ONE BUT MYSELF CAN HAVE THE FAINTEST CONCEPTION HARDLY HAD I SET FOOT ON TERRA FIRMA THAN I BECAME CONVINCED THAT I HAD BEEN DUPED FROM FIRST TO LAST THE FELLOW WE HAD CHASED TURNED OUT TO BE AN HONEST SIMPLE FISHERMAN WHO HAD BEEN EMPLOYED TO TAKE A TELEGRAM FROM THE POST OFFICE TO THE YACHT AND WHO PROTESTED THAT HE HAD NEVER LEFT HIS BOAT AND THAT HE KNEW NOTHING OF MY BELT OR CASE
phonemes: hˌaʊ θˈæŋkfəl aɪ wʌz tə dˈuː sˌoʊ nˈoʊwˈʌn bˌʌt maɪsˈɛlf kæn hæv ðə fˈeɪntɪst kənsˈɛpʃən. " hˈɑːɹdli hæd aɪ sˈɛt fˈʊt ˌɔn tˈɛɹə fˈɪnə ðɐn aɪ bɪkˌeɪm kənvˈɪnst ðæt aɪ hɐdbɪn dˈuːpt fɹʌm fˈɜːst tə lˈæst ðə fˈɛloʊ wiː hæd tʃˈeɪst tˈɜːnd ˈaʊt təbi ɐn ˈɑːnɪst, sˈɪmpəl fˈɪʃɚmən, hˌuː hɐdbɪn ɛmplˈɔɪd tə tˈeɪk ɐ tˈɛlᵻɡɹˌæm fɹʌmðə pˈoʊst ˈɑːfɪs tə ðə jˈɑːt, ænd hˌuː pɹətˈɛstᵻd ðæt hiː hæd nˈɛvɚ lˈɛft hɪz bˈoʊt, dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɪks ðə sˈiːn ænd ðɪ ʌnsˈiːn ænd ðæt hiː nˈuː nˈʌθɪŋ ʌv maɪ bˈɛlt ɔːɹ kˈeɪs.