Inline variable in HTML not rendering

[rfeltham]

Jupyter Lab with "jupyterlab-myst" installed.

code block:
x=9

markdown:
{eval}`x'

< p >text text {eval}`x' text test</ p >

Displayed as:
9
text text {eval}`x' text test

First instance of {eval}x displays "9" in output, but second instance of {eval}`x' in the html segment is not display as "9".

Is there something missing, or another way to make this work ?