Index: pyyaml/trunk/lib/yaml/emitter.py
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--- pyyaml/trunk/lib/yaml/emitter.py	(revision 153)
+++ pyyaml/trunk/lib/yaml/emitter.py	(revision 197)
@@ -923,11 +923,11 @@
                         self.stream.write(data)
                         start = end
-                    if ch == u'\'':
-                        data = u'\'\''
-                        self.column += 2
-                        if self.encoding:
-                            data = data.encode(self.encoding)
-                        self.stream.write(data)
-                        start = end + 1
+            if ch == u'\'':
+                data = u'\'\''
+                self.column += 2
+                if self.encoding:
+                    data = data.encode(self.encoding)
+                self.stream.write(data)
+                start = end + 1
             if ch is not None:
                 spaces = (ch == u' ')