Complex sentence: Flustered in front of the whole household and other schoolteachers, Howard wordlessly goes along with this, and as he passes Madge on the stairs, tells her Hal is hiding in the backseat of his car.
Split into simpler sentences: Flustered in front of the whole household and other schoolteachers, Howard wordlessly goes along with this. As he passes Madge on the stairs, he tells her Hal is hiding in the backseat of his car.