text_original: This most generous offer quite took my breath away, and was most gladly accepted; but it was easy work, and I wondered my own studies were so light. I 28 Half a Centuet. was allowed to amuse myself drawing flowers, whicli were quite a surprise, and pronounced better than any  thing the drawing master could do — to recite poetry, for tlie benefit of the larger girls, and to play in the orchard with my pupils. With the other girls, I became interested in hair  dressing.
text_transcription: THIS MOST GENEROUS OFFER QUITE TOOK MY BREATH AWAY AND WAS MOST GLADLY ACCEPTED BUT IT WAS EASY WORK AND I WONDERED MY OWN STUDIES WERE SO LIGHT I WAS ALLOWED TO AMUSE MYSELF DRAWING FLOWERS WHICH WERE QUITE A SURPRISE AND PRONOUNCED BETTER THAN ANYTHING THE DRAWING MASTER COULD DO TO RECITE POETRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LARGER GIRLS AND TO PLAY IN THE ORCHARD WITH MY PUPILS WITH THE OTHER GIRLS I BECAME INTERESTED IN HAIR DRESSING
phonemes: ðɪs mˈoʊst dʒˈɛnɚɹəs ˈɔfɚ kwˈaɪt tˈʊk maɪ bɹˈɛθ ɐwˈeɪ, ænd wʌz mˈoʊst ɡlˈædli ɐksˈɛptᵻd; bˌʌt ɪt wʌz ˈiːzi wˈɜːk, ænd aɪ wˈʌndɚd maɪ ˈoʊn stˈʌdiz wɜː sˌoʊ lˈaɪt. aɪ twˈɛnti ˈeɪt hˈæf ɐ sˈɛntuːt. wʌz ɐlˈaʊd tʊ ɐmjˈuːz maɪsˈɛlf dɹˈɔːɪŋ flˈaʊɚz, wˈɪkli wɜː kwˈaɪt ɐ sɚpɹˈaɪz, ænd pɹənˈaʊnst bˈɛɾɚ ðɐn ˌɛni θˈɪŋ ðə dɹˈɔːɪŋ mˈæstɚ kʊd dˈuː — tə ɹᵻsˈaɪt pˈoʊɪtɹi, fɔːɹ tˈiːlˈaɪ bˈɛnɪfˌɪt ʌvðə lˈɑːɹdʒɚ ɡˈɜːlz, ænd tə plˈeɪ ɪnðɪ ˈɔːɹtʃɚd wɪð maɪ pjˈuːpəlz. wɪððɪ ˈʌðɚ ɡˈɜːlz, aɪ bɪkˌeɪm ˈɪntɹɛstᵻd ɪn hˈɛɹ dɹˈɛsɪŋ.