Sentence:  The blind man, whom he had not been able to cure with the pomade, had gone back to the hill of Bois-Guillaume, where he told the travellers of the vain attempt of the druggist, to such an extent, that Homais when he went to town <WSD>hid</WSD> himself behind the curtains of the "Hirondelle" to avoid meeting him. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.