Complex sentence: She attempts to disclose her affections during a game of cards, butTo Nicholas doesn't catch her meaning, Instead ending up flirting with her friend Tilda Price, to the consternation of both Fanny and Tilda's friendly but crude-mannered fiancé John Browdie.
Split into simpler sentences: She attempts to disclose her affections during a game of cards, but Nicholas doesn't catch her meaning. Instead he ends up flirting with her friend Tilda Price, to the consternation of both Fanny and Tilda's friendly but crude-mannered fiancé John Browdie.