private fun readJournalLine(line: String) {
    val firstSpace = line.indexOf(' ')
    if (firstSpace == -1) throw IOException("unexpected journal line: $line")

    val keyBegin = firstSpace + 1
    val secondSpace = line.indexOf(' ', keyBegin)
    val key: String
    if (secondSpace == -1) {
      key = line.substring(keyBegin)
      if (firstSpace == REMOVE.length && line.startsWith(REMOVE)) {