Herndon recounted, "I have felt many and many a time that I wanted to wring their little necks, and yet out of respect for Lincoln I kept my mouth shut.
hˈɜːndən ɹᵻkˈaʊntᵻd, "aɪ hæv fˈɛlt mˈɛni ænd mˈɛni ɐ tˈaɪm ðæt aɪ wˈɔntᵻd tə ɹˈɪŋ ðɛɹ lˈɪɾəl nˈɛks, ænd jˈɛt ˌaʊɾəv ɹᵻspˈɛkt fɔːɹ lˈɪŋkən aɪ kˈɛpt maɪ mˈaʊθ ʃˈʌt.