given

+-----------+--------------------------------------------+
| a         | b                                          |
+-----------+--------------------------------------------+
|       c   |  ‌                              e           |
+-----------+--------------------------------------------+

I expect

root[1] (1:1-5:59, 0-295)
└─ element[2] (1:1-5:59, 0-295) [tagName="WrapperBlock"]
   ├─ gridTable[1] [data={"hName":"table"}]
   │  └─ tableHeader[1] [data={"hName":"tbody"}]
   │     └─ tableRow[2] [data={"hName":"tr"}]
   │        ├─ tableCell[1] [data={"hName":"td","hProperties":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1}}]
   │        │  └─ paragraph[1] (1:1-1:2, 0-1)
   │        │     └─ text: "a" (1:1-1:2, 0-1)
   │        └─ tableCell[1] [data={"hName":"td","hProperties":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1}}]
   │           └─ paragraph[1] (1:1-1:2, 0-1)
   │              └─ text: "b" (1:1-1:2, 0-1)
   └─ paragraph[1] (1:1-2:59, 0-117)
      └─ text: "|       c   |  ‌                              e           |\n+-----------+--------------------------------------------+" (1:1-2:59, 0-117)

But I get

root[1] (1:1-5:59, 0-294)
└─ element[1] (1:1-5:59, 0-294) [tagName="WrapperBlock"]
   └─ gridTable[1] [data={"hName":"table"}]
      └─ tableHeader[2] [data={"hName":"tbody"}]
         ├─ tableRow[2] [data={"hName":"tr"}]
         │  ├─ tableCell[1] [data={"hName":"td","hProperties":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1}}]
         │  │  └─ paragraph[1] (1:1-1:2, 0-1)
         │  │     └─ text: "a" (1:1-1:2, 0-1)
         │  └─ tableCell[1] [data={"hName":"td","hProperties":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1}}]
         │     └─ paragraph[1] (1:1-1:2, 0-1)
         │        └─ text: "b" (1:1-1:2, 0-1)
         └─ tableRow[2] [data={"hName":"tr"}]
            ├─ tableCell[1] [data={"hName":"td","hProperties":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1}}]
            │  └─ paragraph[1] (1:1-1:2, 0-1)
            │     └─ text: "c" (1:1-1:2, 0-1)
            └─ tableCell[1] [data={"hName":"td","hProperties":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1}}]
               └─ paragraph[1] (1:1-1:2, 0-1)
                  └─ text: "e" (1:1-1:2, 0-1)

extra

there are some special chars on the second row :

>>> a="""|       c   |  ‌                              e           |"""
>>> a
'|       c   |  \xe2\x80\x8c                              e           |'