# File lib/mechanize/page.rb, line 86
    def parser
      return @parser if @parser

      if body && response
        if mech.html_parser == Nokogiri::HTML
          @parser = mech.html_parser.parse(html_body, nil, @encoding)
        else
          @parser = mech.html_parser.parse(html_body)
        end
      end

      @parser
    end