Complex sentence: In October 1900, Blériot was eating lunch in his usual restaurant near his showroom when his eye was caught by a young woman lunching with her parents, being so struck that the same evening, he told his mother, I saw a young woman today.
Split into simpler sentences: In October 1900, Blériot was eating lunch in his usual restaurant near his showroom when his eye was caught by a young woman lunching with her parents. That evening, he told his mother, I saw a young woman today.