He felt a hammering in his head, and there was a darkness before his eyes.
He looked round hurriedly, he was searching for something.

He wanted to sit down and was looking for a seat; he was walking along the K---- Boulevard.

There was a seat about a hundred paces in front of him.

He walked towards it as fast he could; but on the way he met with a little adventure which absorbed all his attention.

Looking for the seat, he had noticed a woman walking some twenty paces in front of him, but at first he took no more notice of her than of other objects that crossed his path.