text_original: " You take it ; I dare not touch the thing." Digitized by VjOOQIC THE HOUSEBOAT 293 " It is very curious ; something is there, and, by George, it is a knife ! " It was a knife — the knife which we had seen in the vision, the dream, the nightmare, call it what you will — the something which had seemed so real.
text_transcription: YOU TAKE IT I DARE NOT TOUCH THE THING IT IS VERY CURIOUS SOMETHING IS THERE AND BY GEORGE IT IS A KNIFE IT WAS A KNIFE THE KNIFE WHICH WE HAD SEEN IN THE VISION THE DREAM THE NIGHTMARE CALL IT WHAT YOU WILL THE SOMETHING WHICH HAD SEEMED SO REAL
phonemes: " juː tˈeɪk ɪt ; aɪ dˈɛɹ nˌɑːt tˈʌtʃ ðə θˈɪŋ." dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk ðə hˈaʊsboʊt tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti θɹˈiː " ɪɾ ɪz vˈɛɹi kjˈʊɹɹiəs ; sˈʌmθɪŋ ɪz ðˈɛɹ, ænd, baɪ dʒˈɔːɹdʒ, ɪɾ ɪz ɐ nˈaɪf ! " ɪt wʌzɐ nˈaɪf — ðə nˈaɪf wˌɪtʃ wiː hæd sˈiːn ɪnðə vˈɪʒən, ðə dɹˈiːm, ðə nˈaɪtmɛɹ, kˈɔːl ɪt wʌt juː wˈɪl — ðə sˈʌmθɪŋ wˌɪtʃ hæd sˈiːmd sˌoʊ ɹˈiːəl.