text_original: An hour after she met M. de la Valette, and said to him : " If Bonaparte triumph, liberty is lost ; and if he be beaten, our national independence is over/' A few days of utter consternation followed — a pause of bewildered, incapable silence, through which, as Chateaubriand so graphically says, " the sound of Bonaparte's advancing footsteps Digitized by VjOOQIC 192 MADAME DE STAML. echoed."
text_transcription: AN HOUR AFTER SHE MET MONSIEUR DE LA VALLETTE AND SAID TO HIM IF BONAPARTE TRIUMPH LIBERTY IS LOST AND IF HE BE BEATEN OUR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE IS OVER A FEW DAYS OF UTTER CONSTERNATION FOLLOWED A PAUSE OF BEWILDERED INCAPABLE SILENCE THROUGH WHICH AS CHATEAUBRILLON SO GRAPHICALLYS THE SOUND OF BONAPARTE'S ADVANCING FOOTSTEPS ECHOED
phonemes: ɐn ˈaʊɚɹ ˈæftɚ ʃiː mˈɛt ˈɛm. də lˌæ vælˈɛt, ænd sˈɛd tə hˌɪm : " ɪf bˈɑːnɐpˌɑːɹt tɹˈaɪʌmf, lˈɪbɚɾi ɪz lˈɔst ; ænd ɪf hiː biː bˈiːʔn̩, ˌaʊɚ nˈæʃənəl ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndəns ɪz ˌoʊvɚ slˈæʃ ɐ fjˈuː dˈeɪz ʌv ˈʌɾɚ kɑːnstɚnˈeɪʃən fˈɑːloʊd — ɐ pˈɔːz ʌv bᵻwˈɪldɚd, ɪŋkˈeɪpəbəl sˈaɪləns, θɹuː wˈɪtʃ, æz ʃˌeɪɾəbɹɪˈænd sˌoʊ ɡɹˈæfɪkli sˈɛz, " ðə sˈaʊnd ʌv bˈɑːnɐpˌɑːɹts ɐdvˈænsɪŋ fˈʊtstɛps dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti tˈuː mˈædəm dˌiːˈiː stˈæməl. ˈɛkoʊd."