英語の短大に通っているあくびと申します。 卒業の課題をやっているのですが辞書を見てもさっぱりわかりません、、、、お手数ですが誰か助けて下せいませ。 まずこの部分の訳がうまくできません。 It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed." He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message.
ごめんなさい。うまくできてないと卒業できないので、、、もう必死で泣きそうです。すみません。わからないとこだけ訳しますね。in broken sentencesの意味がいまいちわかりません。また、in half concelingの意味は半分隠れている?かなあ?よくわかりません。who had been in the newspaper office のhad beenはこの場合どう訳せばいいのか、、、news paper officeも新聞会社になるのかな?よくわかりません。
Wow, the prose in the example is poorly written. Overly complicated and inelegant. No wonder you're having a difficult time translating it.
Your teacher should have chosen something less challenging than this.
Perhaps you should try online translation and then try to correct the translated output. At least post the results of your translation efforts before you come here. ;)