text_original: "With pleasure. I will give you anything, my dear Gertrude, within reason." There was another pause.. In the silence I seemed to hear my wife Digitized by VjOOQIC 2/6 THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN holding her breath — ^as I certainly was holding mine. All at once there came a sound of scratching^, a flash of light It came so unexpectedly, and such was the extreme tension of my nerves, that, with a stifled exclamation, I half rose in bed.
text_transcription: WITH PLEASURE I WILL GIVE YOU ANYTHING MY DEAR GERTRUDE WITHIN REASON THERE WAS ANOTHER PAUSE IN THE SILENCE I SEEMED TO HEAR MY WIFE HOLDING HER BREATH AS I CERTAINLY WAS HOLDING MINE ALL AT ONCE THERE CAME A SOUND OF SCRATCHING A FLASH OF LIGHT IT CAME SO UNEXPECTEDLY AND SUCH WAS THE EXTREME TENSION OF MY NERVES THAT WITH A STIFLED EXCLAMATION I HALF ROSE IN BED
phonemes: "wɪð plˈɛʒɚ. aɪ wɪl ɡˈɪv juː ˈɛnɪθˌɪŋ, maɪ dˈɪɹ ɡˈɜːtɹuːd, wɪðˌɪn ɹˈiːzən." ðɛɹwˌʌz ɐnˈʌðɚ pˈɔːz.. ɪnðə sˈaɪləns aɪ sˈiːmd tə hˈɪɹ maɪ wˈaɪf dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk tˈuː slˈæʃ sˈɪks ðə sˈiːn ænd ðɪ ʌnsˈiːn hˈoʊldɪŋ hɜː bɹˈɛθ — æz aɪ sˈɜːʔn̩li wʌz hˈoʊldɪŋ mˈaɪn. ˈɔːl ɐtwˈʌns ðɛɹ kˈeɪm ɐ sˈaʊnd ʌv skɹˈætʃɪŋ, ɐ flˈæʃ ʌv lˈaɪt ɪt kˈeɪm sˌoʊ ˌʌnɛkspˈɛktᵻdli, ænd sˈʌtʃ wʌzðɪ ɛkstɹˈiːm tˈɛnʃən ʌv maɪ nˈɜːvz, ðˈæt, wɪð ɐ stˈaɪfəld ɛksklɐmˈeɪʃən, aɪ hˈæf ɹˈoʊz ɪn bˈɛd.