Complex sentence: He throws a huge ball, but it ends in disaster-after a nightmarish dance between Belle and Miser Stephens, Jabez finds Stephens dead on the floor-he too had signed a pact with Mr. Scratch, and his time was up.
Split into simpler sentences: He throws a huge ball, but it ends in disaster: after a nightmarish dance between Belle and Miser Stephens, Jabez finds Stephens dead on the floor. He too had signed a pact with Mr. Scratch and his time was up.