text_original: Cyrus Harding and Gideon Spilett, before sleeping, conversed long about the matter. They asked themselves if by chance this incident might not have some connection with the inexplicable way in which the engineer had been saved, and the other peculiar circumstances which had struck them at different times.
text_transcription: CYRUS HARDING AND GIDEON SPILETT BEFORE SLEEPING CONVERSED LONG ABOUT THE MATTER THEY ASKED THEMSELVES IF BY CHANCE THIS INCIDENT MIGHT NOT HAVE SOME CONNECTION WITH THE INEXPLICABLE WAY IN WHICH THE ENGINEER HAD BEEN SAVED AND THE OTHER PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH HAD STRUCK THEM AT DIFFERENT TIMES
phonemes: sˈaɪɹəs hˈɑːɹdɪŋ ænd ɡˈɪdɪən spˈaɪlət, bᵻfˌɔːɹ slˈiːpɪŋ, kənvˈɜːst lˈɔŋ ɐbˌaʊt ðə mˈæɾɚ. ðeɪ ˈæskt ðɛmsˈɛlvz ɪf baɪ tʃˈæns ðɪs ˈɪnsɪdənt mˌaɪt nˌɑːɾɐv sˌʌm kənˈɛkʃən wɪððɪ ˌɪnɛksplˈɪkəbəl wˈeɪ ɪnwˌɪtʃ ðɪ ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹ hɐdbɪn sˈeɪvd, ænd ðɪ ˈʌðɚ pɪkjˈuːlɪɹ sˈɜːkəmstˌænsᵻz wˌɪtʃ hæd stɹˈʌk ðˌɛm æt dˈɪfɹənt tˈaɪmz.