Not long before, I had read in the newspapers, how a gentleman unknown had come to the Hummums in the night, and had gone to bed, and had destroyed himself, and had been found in the morning weltering in blood.

不久前，我在报纸上读到，一位不知名的绅士是如何在夜里来到悍马，然后上床睡觉，自杀，第二天早上被发现浑身是血。