text_original: It might happen that some great State functionary or some dignified ambassador from a foreign capital, who ought to have been spoken to long before, was kept waiting until the unconcerned sovereign had had his talk out with some comparatively insignificant personage who had been known to the King in former days, and whose appearance brought with it certain early and jovial associations.
text_transcription: IT MIGHT HAPPEN THAT SOME GREAT STATE FUNCTIONARY OR SOME DIGNIFIED AMBASSADOR FROM A FOREIGN CAPITAL WHO OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN SPOKEN TO LONG BEFORE WAS KEPT WAITING UNTIL THE UNCONCERNED SOVEREIGN HAD HAD HIS TALK OUT WITH SOME COMPARATIVELY INSIGNIFICANT PERSONAGE WHO HAD BEEN KNOWN TO THE KING IN FORMER DAYS AND WHOSE APPEARANCE BROUGHT WITH IT CERTAIN EARLY AND JOVIAL ASSOCIATIONS
phonemes: ɪt mˌaɪt hˈæpən ðæt sˌʌm ɡɹˈeɪt stˈeɪt fˈʌŋkʃənˌɛɹi ɔːɹ sˌʌm dˈɪɡnᵻfˌaɪd ɐmbˈæsədɚ fɹʌm ɐ fˈɔːɹən kˈæpɪɾəl, hˌuː ˈɔːt tə hɐvbɪn spˈoʊkən tə lˈɔŋ bᵻfˈɔːɹ, wʌz kˈɛpt wˈeɪɾɪŋ ʌntˈɪl ðɪ ʌŋkənsˈɜːnd sˈɑːvɚɹˌɪn hæd hæd hɪz tˈɔːk ˈaʊt wɪð sˌʌm kəmpˈæɹətˌɪvli ˌɪnsɪɡnˈɪfɪkənt pˈɜːsənɪdʒ hˌuː hɐdbɪn nˈoʊn tə ðə kˈɪŋ ɪn fˈɔːɹmɚ dˈeɪz, ænd hˌuːz ɐpˈɪɹəns bɹˈɔːt wɪð ɪt sˈɜːʔn̩ ˈɜːli ænd dʒˈoʊvɪəl ɐsˌoʊsɪˈeɪʃənz.