text_original: The blow fell very hardly on the father, and clouded all the peace of his last years. At first his rage passed quite from his control. Her desks were ransacked, her slaves were tortured, and all the in  famous details poured out before the Senate. When he was told that Pheebe, the freed woman and con  fidant of Julia, had hung herself in her despair he answered grimly, ^ Would that I were Phoebe's father.
text_transcription: THE BLOW FELL VERY HARDLY ON THE FATHER AND CLOUDED ALL THE PEACE OF HIS LAST YEARS AT FIRST HIS RAGE PASSED QUITE FROM HIS CONTROL HER DESKS WERE RANSACKED HER SLAVES WERE TORTURED AND ALL THE INFAMOUS DETAILS POURED OUT BEFORE THE SENATE WHEN HE WAS TOLD THAT PHOEBE THE FREEDWOMAN AND CONFIDANTE OF JULIA HAD HUNG HERSELF IN HER DESPAIR HE ANSWERED GRIMLY WOULD THAT I WERE PHOEBE'S FATHER
phonemes: ðə blˈoʊ fˈɛl vˈɛɹi hˈɑːɹdli ɔnðə fˈɑːðɚ, ænd klˈaʊdᵻd ˈɔːl ðə pˈiːs ʌv hɪz lˈæst jˈɪɹz. æt fˈɜːst hɪz ɹˈeɪdʒ pˈæst kwˈaɪt fɹʌm hɪz kəntɹˈoʊl. hɜː dˈɛsks wɜː ɹˈænsækt, hɜː slˈeɪvz wɜː tˈɔːɹtʃɚd, ænd ˈɔːl ðɪ ɪn fˈeɪməs diːtˈeɪlz pˈɔːɹd ˈaʊt bᵻfˌɔːɹ ðə sˈɛnət. wˌɛn hiː wʌz tˈoʊld ðæt fˈiːb, ðə fɹˈiːd wˈʊmən ænd kˈɑːn fˈɪdənt ʌv dʒˈuːliə, hæd hˈʌŋ hɜːsˈɛlf ɪn hɜː dᵻspˈɛɹ hiː ˈænsɚd ɡɹˈɪmli, wʊd ðæt aɪ wɜː fˈiːbiːz fˈɑːðɚ.