--- SpanNotQuery.java.orig	2004-02-02 13:27:52.000000000 +0000
+++ SpanNotQuery.java	2005-02-24 16:33:28.000000000 +0000
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         private boolean moreInclude = true;
 
         private Spans excludeSpans = exclude.getSpans(reader);
-        private boolean moreExclude = true;
+        private boolean moreExclude = excludeSpans.next();
 
         public boolean next() throws IOException {
           if (moreInclude)                        // move to next include