Is 'He slipped the knife out of the sheath and was ready, and unembarrassed by hampering bedclothes, for the weather was hot and we hadn't any.' an autonomous statement, not logically connected to 'He was about to murder someone.'
He slipped the knife out of the sheath and was ready, and unembarrassed by hampering bedclothes, for the weather was hot and we hadn't any.###He was about to murder someone.