@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 $xml .= " jumps over the lazy d<bar>o</bar>g.</foo>";
 
 my $new_element = "canid";
-my @queried = ("lazy dog", "quick brown fox", "the");
+my @queried = ("lazy dog", "quick brown fox", "he", "e");
 
 my $dom = 'XML::LibXML'->load_xml(string => $xml);
 
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@
         my $start_text = $from == $to ? $preceding : $texts[$from];
         insert_tag($start_text, $found, 'start', $query);
 
-        last OUTER;
+        @texts = $dom->findnodes('//text()');
+        $from += $from == $to ? 1 : 2;
+
+        last OUTER if $from > @texts;
     }
 }
 print $dom;