code: def character_offset_begin(self):
          
          if self._character_offset_begin is None:
              offsets = self._element.xpath('CharacterOffsetBegin/text()')
              if len(offsets) > 0:
                  self._character_offset_begin = int(offsets[0])
          return self._character_offset_begin
docs: Lazy-loads character offset begin node
  
          :getter: Returns the integer value of the beginning offset
          :type: int