You can just have a node in the XML as follows:
<ROOT>
<TextOut>
<b>text to be bolded</b>
</TextOut>
</ROOT>
The ASP Code would be as follows:
Dim objDom
Dim objRoot
Dim objField
Dim strFile
strFile = PathToFile
'XML file object
Set objDom = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM"

objDom.async = False
strXMLFile = Server.MapPath(strFile)
objDom.Load (strXMLFile)
'Root XML Field
Set objRoot = objDom.documentElement
'collect information from nodes
Set objField = objRoot.selectSingleNode("TextOut"
'This outputs ALL of the content in the TextOut node
Response.Write(objField.Text)
'Release variables
Set objDom = Nothing
Set objRoot = Nothing
Set objField = Nothing
Pretty smart stuff, this code works: I've tested it.
May the force be with you,
sjuarez1979