my $handlers = {
        'request' => sub { $self->_handler_set_object('request',  @_ ); # got to here with a warn statement  },
        $response => sub { $self->_handler_set_object('response', @_ );
                           $self->_object_tree(        $response, @_ );
                           # Got to Here, with a warn statement },
    };

    eval { $self->twig( XML::Twig->new( twig_handlers => $handlers )) };
    croak 'ERROR: ' . $EVAL_ERROR if $EVAL_ERROR;
    
    # Got Here
    eval { $self->twig->parse( $self->get_xml ) };
    # Cannot get to here
    croak 'ERROR: ' . $EVAL_ERROR . qq{\nXML: } . $self->get_xml if $EVAL_ERROR;