How to keep whitespace when parsing XML

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I'm trying to parse XML files via ReadXMLFile (unit XMLRead).
In the process of parsing XML all whitespace is skipped; this includes relevant whitespace like:

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<separator> </separator>

Is there a way to keep the whitespace in the resulting TXMLDocument?
(In this case the whitespace character describes the separator character in a CSV file; therefore it's highly relevant that the space is read correctly from the XML file.)

(Lazarus 0.9.29; 22302; FPC 2.3.1 on WinXP)