Complex sentence: Maximilian Berlitz, once a Professor of French and German, was in need of an assistant French instructor; he employed a Frenchman by the name of Nicholas Joly, only to discover that Joly barely spoke English.
Split into simpler sentences: Maximilian Berlitz, once a Professor of French and German, was in need of an assistant French instructor. He employed a Frenchman by the name of Nicholas Joly, only to discover that Joly barely spoke English.