Complex sentence: One stormy night, a young girl from the town wanders up to the Curwen palace in a trance-like state, and is led by Curwen and his mistress, Hester, down in to the dungeons of the palace.
Split into simpler sentences: One stormy night, a young girl from the town wanders up to the Curwen palace in a trance-like state. She is led by Curwen and his mistress, Hester, down into the dungeons of the palace.