The example given:

```

#Markdown directive
*It works!*

```

renders as HTML:

```

#Markdown directive

*It works!*

```

But, I believe the intention is that it should render as:

`

Markdown directiveIt works!

`

The reason that it renders as `

...

` is because the lines inside the HTML element are prefixed with four spaces.

The example should read:

```
#Markdown directive *It works!*
```