protected function expandCSSEscape($string)
    {
        // flexibly parse it
        $ret = '';
        for ($i = 0, $c = strlen($string); $i < $c; $i++) {
            if ($string[$i] === '\\') {
                $i++;
                if ($i >= $c) {
                    $ret .= '\\';
                    break;
                }
                if (ctype_xdigit($string[$i])) {
                    $code = $string[$i];
                    for ($a = 1, $i++; $i < $c && $a < 6; $i++, $a++) {
                        if (!ctype_xdigit($string[$i])) {
                            break;
                        }
                        $code .= $string[$i];
                    }
                    // We have to be extremely careful when adding
                    // new characters, to make sure we're not breaking
                    // the encoding.
                    $char = HTMLPurifier_Encoder::unichr(hexdec($code));
                    if (HTMLPurifier_Encoder::cleanUTF8($char) === '') {
                        continue;
                    }
                    $ret .= $char;
                    if ($i < $c && trim($string[$i]) !== '') {
                        $i--;
                    }
                    continue;
                }
                if ($string[$i] === "\n") {
                    continue;
                }
            }
            $ret .= $string[$i];
        }
        return $ret;
    }