TextField "Reading" Para Returns from External

I have an external text file that is styled with HTML and also picks up CSS styles from an external file once loaded into a dynamic text field.

It works great–too great.

I want to put paragraph returns in the text file–just so I can see better where I’m at!

Trouble is, the text showing up in the field actually has those para returns in it!

I thought HTML text ignored para returns.

What giveth?

How can I have my returns and have them ignored too?