text_original: It strikes me that it comes from inside one of these pretty wooden boxes — from inside this one, unless I am mistaken." He removed the cover from the box in question — the noise did seem to come from inside it No Digitized by VjOOQIC 258 THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN sooner had he done so than there was a sound as if a damp squib had been exploded, a quantity of what seemed like water was dashed into his face, and there drifted through the room a most unpleasant smoke.
text_transcription: IT STRIKES ME THAT IT COMES FROM INSIDE ONE OF THESE PRETTY WOODEN BOXES FROM INSIDE THIS ONE UNLESS I AM MISTAKEN HE REMOVED THE COVER FROM THE BOX IN QUESTION THE NOISE DID SEEM TO COME FROM INSIDE IT NO SOONER HAD HE DONE SO THAN THERE WAS A SOUND AS IF A DAMP SQUIB HAD BEEN EXPLODED A QUANTITY OF WHAT SEEMED LIKE WATER WAS DASHED INTO HIS FACE AND THERE DRIFTED THROUGH THE ROOM A MOST UNPLEASANT SMOKE
phonemes: ɪt stɹˈaɪks mˌiː ðˌɐɾɪt kˈʌmz fɹʌm ɪnsˈaɪd wˈʌn ʌv ðiːz pɹˈɪɾi wˈʊdən bˈɑːksᵻz — fɹʌm ɪnsˈaɪd ðˈɪswˌʌn, ʌnlˈɛs aɪɐm mɪstˈeɪkən." hiː ɹᵻmˈuːvd ðə kˈʌvɚ fɹʌmðə bˈɑːks ɪn kwˈɛstʃən — ðə nˈɔɪz dˈɪd sˈiːm tə kˈʌm fɹʌm ɪnsˈaɪd ɪt nˈoʊ dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti ˈeɪt ðə sˈiːn ænd ðɪ ʌnsˈiːn sˈuːnɚ hæd hiː dˈʌn sˌoʊ ðɐn ðɛɹwˌʌz ɐ sˈaʊnd æz ɪf ɐ dˈæmp skwˈɪb hɐdbɪn ɛksplˈoʊdᵻd, ɐ kwˈɔntᵻɾi ʌv wʌt sˈiːmd lˈaɪk wˈɔːɾɚ wʌz dˈæʃt ˌɪntʊ hɪz fˈeɪs, ænd ðɛɹ dɹˈɪftᵻd θɹuː ðə ɹˈuːm ɐ mˈoʊst ʌnplˈɛzənt smˈoʊk.