Complex sentence: To hush him, Anwell stuffs a cloth into Vernon's mouth, and to hide (and protect) him from their mother, Anwell hides Vernon in the only place he can think of at the moment, the refrigerator.
Split into simpler sentences: To hush him, Anwell stuffs a cloth into Vernon's mouth. To hide (and protect) him from their mother, Anwell hides Vernon in the only place he can think of at the moment, the refrigerator.