text_original: If conjectures and comments were made, they were whispered, and not uttered aloud. But the marriage had to be recognized, and the fact that Mary was free to marry Godwin, though Imlay was alive, was an incontrovertible proof that her relation to the latter had been illegal.
text_transcription: IF CONJECTURES AND COMMENTS WERE MADE THEY WERE WHISPERED AND NOT UTTERED ALOUD BUT THE MARRIAGE HAD TO BE RECOGNIZED IN THE FACT THAT MARY WAS FREE TO MARRY GODWIN THOUGH EMILY WAS ALIVE WAS AN INCONTROVERTIBLE PROOF THAT HER RELATIONS TO THE LATTER HAD BEEN ILLEGAL
phonemes: ɪf kəndʒˈɛktʃɚz ænd kˈɑːmɛnts wɜː mˈeɪd, ðeɪ wɜː wˈɪspɚd, ænd nˌɑːt ˈʌɾɚd ɐlˈaʊd. bˌʌt ðə mˈæɹɪdʒ hædtə biː ɹˈɛkəɡnˌaɪzd, ænd ðə fˈækt ðæt mˈɛɹi wʌz fɹˈiː tə mˈæɹi ɡˈɑːdwɪn, ðˌoʊ ɪmlˈeɪ wʌz ɐlˈaɪv, wʌz ɐn ɪŋkˌɑːntɹəvˈɜːɾᵻbəl pɹˈuːf ðæt hɜː ɹᵻlˈeɪʃən tə ðə lˈæɾɚ hɐdbɪn ɪlˈiːɡəl.