Whatever was thrown his way he didnt stop.
This suggests that curleys wife is flirting with slim and looks and talks to him every now and again or "more than necessary" , she has a crush on him in other words.
Hope it helped , but she also does this because her own husband barely pays her any attention!
I think its 'We had it worse than everyone on the first floor,all the windows in all the upstairs rooms were tinted; and there wasn't enough moonlight in the first place.'
