Complex sentence: Hardly more than twenty-four long hours later, the house is suddenly raided by some of Jonathan's fellow patriots from the previous day and the trio of Hessians is killed, something Jonathan is not sure whether to be thankful or upset about.
Split into simpler sentences: Hardly more than twenty-four long hours later, however, the house is suddenly raided by some of Jonathan's fellow patriots from the previous day. Abruptly, the Hessians are all three killed, something Jonathan is not sure whether to be thankful or upset about.