text_original: Constant would have married Madame de Stael, but she desired a secret marriage, and he would only hear of an open one. It was only in 1808 he finally put an end to his perplexities by mar  rying Charlotte von Hardenberg. He carefully Digitized by VjOOQIC I48 MADAME DE STAEL avoided telling Madame de Stael of his intention beforehand, being still too much under her influ  ence to bear her criticisms and possible reproach  es with equanimity.
text_transcription: CONSTAN WOULD HAVE MARRIED MADAME DE STAEL BUT SHE DESIRED A SECRET MARRIAGE AND HE WOULD ONLY HEAR OF AN OPEN ONE IT WAS ONLY IN EIGHTEEN O EIGHT HE FINALLY PUT AN END TO HIS PERPLEXITIES BY MARRYING CHARLOTTE VON HADTENBERG HE CAREFULLY AVOIDED TELLING MADAME DE STAEL OF HIS INTENTION BEFOREHAND BEING STILL TOO MUCH UNDER HER INFLUENCE TO BEAR HER CRITICISMS AND POSSIBLE REPROACHES WITH EQUANIMITY
phonemes: kˈɑːnstənt wʊdhɐv mˈæɹid mˈædəm də stˈeɪl, bˌʌt ʃiː dɪzˈaɪɚd ɐ sˈiːkɹᵻt mˈæɹɪdʒ, ænd hiː wʊd ˈoʊnli hˈɪɹ əvən ˈoʊpən wˌʌn. ɪt wʌz ˈoʊnli ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪt hiː fˈaɪnəli pˌʊt ɐn ˈɛnd tə hɪz pɚplˈɛksᵻɾiz baɪ mˈɑːɹ ɹˈaɪɪŋ ʃˈɑːɹlət vˈɑːn hˈɑːɹdənbˌɜːɡ. hiː kˈɛɹfəli dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk aɪ fˈɔːɹɾi ˈeɪt mˈædəm dˌiːˈiː stˈeɪl ɐvˈɔɪdᵻd tˈɛlɪŋ mˈædəm də stˈeɪl ʌv hɪz ɪntˈɛnʃən bᵻfˈɔːɹhænd, bˌiːɪŋ stˈɪl tˈuː mʌtʃ ˌʌndɚ hɜːɹ ˈɪnfluː ɛnsˈɛ tə bˈɛɹ hɜː kɹˈɪɾɪsˌɪzəmz ænd pˈɑːsᵻbəl ɹᵻpɹˈoʊtʃ ˈiːz wɪð ˌiːkwɐnˈɪmᵻɾi.