Complex sentence: Now independently wealthy, and after thwarting an attempt on his life from a hired assassin employed by Spitter, Fred receives an interesting letter from someone called Dagbell, a dwarf whose parents were eaten by a hippopotamus and now has issues with all things that are different.
Split into simpler sentences: Now independently wealthy, and after thwarting an attempt on his life from a hired assassin employed by Spitter, Fred receives an interesting letter from someone called Dagbell. A dwarf whose parents were eaten by a hippopotamus and now has issues with all things that are different.