text_original: I wish to goodness, Ruby, that you would leave these things to me. That speck of light is a crack in the grain of the stone. It will increase in size, ramifying in Digitized by VjOOQIC 202 THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN all directions, until, at a certain point, the stone will shiver — blow up, in fact The thing may happen in ten minutes. It may not happen for months. It will happen some time or other, to a certainty.
text_transcription: I WISH TO GOODNESS RUBY THAT YOU WOULD LEAVE THESE THINGS TO ME THAT SPECK OF LIGHT IS A CRACK IN THE GRAIN OF THE STONE IT WILL INCREASE IN SIZE RAMIFYING IN ALL DIRECTIONS UNTIL AT A CERTAIN POINT THE STONE WILL SHIVER BLOW UP IN FACT THE THING MAY HAPPEN IN TEN MINUTES IT MAY NOT HAPPEN FOR MONTHS IT WILL HAPPEN SOME TIME OR OTHER TO A CERTAINTY
phonemes: aɪ wˈɪʃ tə ɡˈʊdnəs, ɹˈuːbi, ðæt juː wʊd lˈiːv ðiːz θˈɪŋz tə mˌiː. ðæt spˈɛk ʌv lˈaɪt ɪz ɐ kɹˈæk ɪnðə ɡɹˈeɪn ʌvðə stˈoʊn. ɪt wɪl ɪŋkɹˈiːs ɪn sˈaɪz, ɹˈæmᵻfˌaɪɪŋ ɪn dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd tˈuː ðə sˈiːn ænd ðɪ ʌnsˈiːn ˈɔːl dᵻɹˈɛkʃənz, ʌntˈɪl, æɾə sˈɜːʔn̩ pˈɔɪnt, ðə stˈoʊn wɪl ʃˈɪvɚ — blˈoʊ ˈʌp, ɪn fˈækt ðə θˈɪŋ mˈeɪ hˈæpən ɪn tˈɛn mˈɪnɪts. ɪt mˈeɪ nˌɑːt hˈæpən fɔːɹ mˈʌnθs. ɪt wɪl hˈæpən sˌʌm tˈaɪm ɔːɹ ˈʌðɚ, tʊ ɐ sˈɜːtənti.