Complex sentence: Instead, his guests and servants ate the poisoned meal and "one gentleman, named Mr. Bennet Curwen and an old widow, died suddenly, and the rest never recovered their health till their dying day".
Split into simpler sentences: Instead, his guests and servants ate the poisoned meal. "One gentleman, named Mr. Bennet Curwen and an old widow, died suddenly, and the rest never recovered their health till their dying day".