diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis/PageSegmenter/XYLeaf.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis/PageSegmenter/XYLeaf.cs
index 6c120233..2bfb299f 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis/PageSegmenter/XYLeaf.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis/PageSegmenter/XYLeaf.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     using System;
     using System.Collections.Generic;
     using System.Linq;
+    using UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis.ReadingOrderDetector;
     using UglyToad.PdfPig.Geometry;
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -38,20 +39,19 @@
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the lines of the leaf.
         /// </summary>
-        public IReadOnlyList<TextLine> GetLines()
+        public IReadOnlyList<TextLine> GetLines(string wordSeparator)
         {
-            return Words.GroupBy(x => x.BoundingBox.Bottom).OrderByDescending(x => x.Key)
-                .Select(x => new TextLine(x.ToList())).ToArray();
+            return Words.GroupBy(x => x.BoundingBox.Bottom)
+                .Select(x => new TextLine(x.OrderByReadingOrder(), wordSeparator))
+                .OrderByReadingOrder();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Create a new <see cref="XYLeaf"/>.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="words">The words contained in the leaf.</param>
-        public XYLeaf(params Word[] words) : this(words == null ? null : words.ToList())
-        {
-
-        }
+        public XYLeaf(params Word[] words) : this(words?.ToList())
+        { }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Create a new <see cref="XYLeaf"/>.
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@
             Words = words.ToArray();
         }
     }
-}
+}
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