text_original: "Play!" sang out the referee. "Don't waste any more time." We were at it again. We might be mystified. There was something about the whole affair which was certainly mysterious to me. But we did not intend to be beaten. "They're only playing three three quarters now," said Giffard. So they were. That was plain enough. I wondered M Digitized by VjOOQIC l62 THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN if the fourth man had joined the forwards. But why should they conceal the fact that they had been play  ing four?
text_transcription: PLAY SANG OUT THE REFEREE DON'T WASTE ANY MORE TIME WE WERE AT IT AGAIN WE MIGHT BE MYSTIFIED THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE WHOLE AFFAIR WHICH WAS CERTAINLY MYSTERIOUS TO ME BUT WE DID NOT INTEND TO BE BEATEN THEY'RE ONLY PLAYING THREE QUARTERS NOW SAID GIFFORD SO THEY WERE THAT WAS PLAIN ENOUGH I WONDERED IF THE FOURTH MAN HAD JOINED THE FORWARDS BUT WHY SHOULD THEY CONCEAL THE FACT THAT THEY HAD BEEN PLAYING FOUR
phonemes: "plˈeɪ!" sˈæŋ ˈaʊt ðə ɹˌɛfɚɹˈiː. "dˈoʊnt wˈeɪst ˌɛni mˈɔːɹ tˈaɪm." wiː wɜːɹ æɾ ɪɾ ɐɡˈɛn. wiː mˌaɪt biː mˈɪstᵻfˌaɪd. ðɛɹwˌʌz sˈʌmθɪŋ ɐbˌaʊt ðə hˈoʊl ɐfˈɛɹ wˌɪtʃ wʌz sˈɜːʔn̩li mɪstˈɪɹiəs tə mˌiː. bˌʌt wiː dɪdnˌɑːt ɪntˈɛnd təbi bˈiːʔn̩. "ðeɪɚɹ ˈoʊnli plˈeɪɪŋ θɹˈiː θɹˈiː kwˈɔːɹɾɚz nˈaʊ," sˈɛd dʒˈɪfɚd. sˈoʊ ðeɪ wɜː. ðæt wʌz plˈeɪn ɪnˈʌf. aɪ wˈʌndɚd ˈɛm dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk ˈɛl sˈɪksti tˈuː ðə sˈiːn ænd ðɪ ʌnsˈiːn ɪf ðə fˈɔːɹθ mˈæn hæd dʒˈɔɪnd ðə fˈɔːɹwɚdz. bˌʌt wˌaɪ ʃˌʊd ðeɪ kənsˈiːl ðə fˈækt ðæt ðeɪ hɐdbɪn plˈeɪ ˈɪŋ fˈɔːɹ?