Complex sentence: Wolfe gets Miss Lasher to discuss some of Gould's unsavory qualities: in particular, although Gould was employed as a gardener, he suddenly had a bank account containing several thousand dollars Bear in mind the publication date, 1942.
Split into simpler sentences: Wolfe gets Miss Lasher to discuss some of Gould's unsavory qualities. Wolfe learns that although Gould was employed as a gardener, he suddenly acquired a bank account containing several thousand dollars Bear in mind the publication date, 1942.