Complex sentence: Dirk falls in love with artist Dallas O'Mara and proposes marriage and, although she likes him, she declines his offer, telling him she wants a man whose hands have been roughened by physical labor.
Split into simpler sentences: Dirk falls in love with artist Dallas O'Mara and proposes marriage. Although she likes him, she declines his offer, telling him she wants a man whose hands have been roughened by physical labor.