After great wandering and stumbling, he could collect his thoughts sufficiently to' form one idea: they had placed the Cathedral on his temples--the huge church was hanging over his head crushing him.

What terrible pain! He could not move; he seemed fastened by his head.

His ears were buzzing, his tongue seemed paralysed.

His eyes could see feebly, as though the light were muddy and a reddish haze enveloped all things.
He thought that a face with whiskers, surmounted by the hat of a civil guard, bent over him, looking into his eyes.

He moved his lips, but no one heard a sound.