Complex sentence: As a young woman, she was attacked by a group of girls on the docks, but a man named George Wall came and rescued her, the two fell in love and, despite her mother's concerns, they married.
Split into simpler sentences: As a young woman, she was attacked by a group of girls on the docks, but a man named George Wall came and rescued her. The two fell in love and, despite her mother's concerns, they married.