text_original: The curious eye will search through history or fiction in vain for any picture more thrilling with the sugges  tions of an awful catastrophe than that of this soli  tary survivor, faint and reeling on his jaded horse, as he appeared under the walls of Jellalabad, to bear the tidings of our Thermopylae of pain and shame. This is the crisis of the story. With this at least the worst of the pain and shame were destined to end.
text_transcription: THE CURIOUS EYE WILL SEARCH THROUGH HISTORY OR FICTION IN VAIN FOR ANY PICTURE MORE THRILLING WITH THE SUGGESTIONS OF AN AWFUL CATASTROPHE THAN THAT OF THIS SOLITARY SURVIVOR FAINT AND REELING ON HIS JADED HORSE AS HE APPEARED UNDER THE WALLS OF GEALABAD TO BEAR THE TIDINGS OF OUR THERMOPOLY OF PAIN AND SHAME THIS IS THE CRISIS OF THE STORY WITH THIS AT LEAST THE WORST OF THE PAIN AND SHAME WERE DESTINED TO END
phonemes: ðə kjˈʊɹɹiəs ˈaɪ wɪl sˈɜːtʃ θɹuː hˈɪstɚɹi ɔːɹ fˈɪkʃən ɪn vˈeɪn fɔːɹ ˌɛni pˈɪktʃɚ mˈɔːɹ θɹˈɪlɪŋ wɪððə sˈʌɡᵻz tɪˈɑːnz əvən ˈɔːfəl kɐtˈæstɹəfi ðɐn ðæt ʌv ðɪs sˈoʊli tˈɛɹi sɚvˈaɪvɚ, fˈeɪnt ænd ɹˈiːlɪŋ ˌɔn hɪz dʒˈeɪdᵻd hˈɔːɹs, æz hiː ɐpˈɪɹd ˌʌndɚ ðə wˈɔːlz ʌv dʒɛlˈælɐbˌɑːd, tə bˈɛɹ ðə tˈaɪdɪŋz ʌv ˌaʊɚ θˈɜːməpˌɪliː ʌv pˈeɪn ænd ʃˈeɪm. ðɪs ɪz ðə kɹˈaɪsɪs ʌvðə stˈɔːɹi. wɪð ðɪs æt lˈiːst ðə wˈɜːst ʌvðə pˈeɪn ænd ʃˈeɪm wɜː dˈɛstɪnd tʊ ˈɛnd.