diff --git a/nquads/nquads.go b/nquads/nquads.go
index d0570a6..3096baa 100644
--- a/nquads/nquads.go
+++ b/nquads/nquads.go
@@ -17,20 +17,13 @@ package nquads
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/google/cayley/graph"
 )
 
-var (
-	ErrAbsentSubject   = errors.New("nqauds: absent subject")
-	ErrAbsentPredicate = errors.New("nqauds: absent predicate")
-	ErrAbsentObject    = errors.New("nqauds: absent object")
-	ErrUnterminated    = errors.New("nqauds: unterminated quad")
-)
-
 // Parse returns a valid graph.Triple or a non-nil error.
 func Parse(str string) (*graph.Triple, error) {
 	t, err := parse([]rune(str))
@@ -74,3 +67,59 @@ func (dec *Decoder) Unmarshal() (*graph.Triple, error) {
 	}
 	return triple, nil
 }
+
+func unEscape(r []rune, isEscaped bool) string {
+	if !isEscaped {
+		return string(r)
+	}
+
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, len(r)))
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(r); {
+		switch r[i] {
+		case '\\':
+			i++
+			var c byte
+			switch r[i] {
+			case 't':
+				c = '\t'
+			case 'b':
+				c = '\b'
+			case 'n':
+				c = '\n'
+			case 'r':
+				c = '\r'
+			case 'f':
+				c = '\f'
+			case '"':
+				c = '"'
+			case '\'':
+				c = '\''
+			case '\\':
+				c = '\\'
+			case 'u':
+				rc, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(r[i+1:i+5]), 16, 32)
+				if err != nil {
+					panic(fmt.Errorf("internal parser error: %v", err))
+				}
+				buf.WriteRune(rune(rc))
+				i += 5
+				continue
+			case 'U':
+				rc, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(r[i+1:i+9]), 16, 32)
+				if err != nil {
+					panic(fmt.Errorf("internal parser error: %v", err))
+				}
+				buf.WriteRune(rune(rc))
+				i += 9
+				continue
+			}
+			buf.WriteByte(c)
+		default:
+			buf.WriteRune(r[i])
+		}
+		i++
+	}
+
+	return buf.String()
+}
diff --git a/nquads/nquads_test.go b/nquads/nquads_test.go
index 328c1e8..2f2a39c 100644
--- a/nquads/nquads_test.go
+++ b/nquads/nquads_test.go
@@ -480,6 +480,36 @@ func TestDecoder(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+var escapeSequenceTests = []struct {
+	input  string
+	expect string
+}{
+	{input: `\t`, expect: "\t"},
+	{input: `\b`, expect: "\b"},
+	{input: `\n`, expect: "\n"},
+	{input: `\r`, expect: "\r"},
+	{input: `\f`, expect: "\f"},
+	{input: `\\`, expect: "\\"},
+	{input: `\u00b7`, expect: "·"},
+	{input: `\U000000b7`, expect: "·"},
+
+	{input: `\t\u00b7`, expect: "\t·"},
+	{input: `\b\U000000b7`, expect: "\b·"},
+	{input: `\u00b7\n`, expect: "·\n"},
+	{input: `\U000000b7\r`, expect: "·\r"},
+	{input: `\u00b7\f\U000000b7`, expect: "·\f·"},
+	{input: `\U000000b7\\\u00b7`, expect: "·\\·"},
+}
+
+func TestUnescape(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range escapeSequenceTests {
+		got := unEscape([]rune(test.input), true)
+		if got != test.expect {
+			t.Errorf("Failed to properly unescape %q, got:%q expect:%q", test.input, got, test.expect)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 var result *graph.Triple
 
 func BenchmarkParser(b *testing.B) {
diff --git a/nquads/parse.rl b/nquads/parse.rl
index 6e73684..7ace98c 100644
--- a/nquads/parse.rl
+++ b/nquads/parse.rl
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@
 package nquads
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"strconv"
 	"unicode"
 
 	"github.com/google/cayley/graph"
@@ -63,59 +61,3 @@ func parse(data []rune) (graph.Triple, error) {
 
 	return graph.Triple{}, ErrInvalid
 }
-
-func unEscape(r []rune, isEscaped bool) string {
-	if !isEscaped {
-		return string(r)
-	}
-
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, len(r)))
-
-	for i := 0; i < len(r); {
-		switch r[i] {
-		case '\\':
-			i++
-			var c byte
-			switch r[i] {
-			case 't':
-				c = '\t'
-			case 'b':
-				c = '\b'
-			case 'n':
-				c = '\n'
-			case 'r':
-				c = '\r'
-			case 'f':
-				c = '\f'
-			case '"':
-				c = '"'
-			case '\'':
-				c = '\''
-			case '\\':
-				c = '\\'
-			case 'u':
-				rc, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(r[i+1:i+5]), 16, 32)
-				if err != nil {
-					panic(fmt.Errorf("internal parser error: %v", err))
-				}
-				buf.WriteRune(rune(rc))
-				i += 5
-				continue
-			case 'U':
-				rc, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(r[i+1:i+9]), 16, 32)
-				if err != nil {
-					panic(fmt.Errorf("internal parser error: %v", err))
-				}
-				buf.WriteRune(rune(rc))
-				i += 9
-				continue
-			}
-			buf.WriteByte(c)
-		default:
-			buf.WriteRune(r[i])
-		}
-		i++
-	}
-
-	return buf.String()
-}