The 4 Million - Story 4

By reference to the almanac a large amount of territory will
be discovered upon which its rays also fell.
по-моему, эту фразу можно интерпретировать и так: просматривая в справочниках, можно найти еще большое количество территории, на которое луна тоже светила.
Так что, возможно, дело в том, что автор не считает важным тщательно определить расположение пенсиона.


"I heard ye," came the oral substitutes for kitchenware. "Ye can
apollygise to riff-raff of the streets for settin' yer unhandy feet
on the tails of their frocks, but ye'd walk on the neck of yer wife
the length of a clothes-line without so much as a 'Kiss me fut,' and
I'm sure it's that long from rubberin' out the windy for ye and the
victuals cold such as there's money to buy after drinkin' up yer
wages at Gallegher's every Saturday evenin', and the gas man here
twice to-day for his."
Judging by the storyline
In one of the second-floor front windows Mrs. McCaskey awaited her husband.
I'd guess rubberin out the windy meant 'looking out the window'. Maybe it's related to rubbernecking or something.

Of course it's pretty hard to understand, but if I had to take a guess I'd interpret the sentence roughly as follows:

-"I heard ye," came the oral substitutes for kitchenware. "Ye can apollygise to riff-raff of the streets for settin' yer unhandy feet on the tails of their frocks, but ye'd walk on the neck of yer wife the length of a clothes-line without so much as a 'Kiss me fut,'
.....agree with kybarry

and I'm sure it's that long
.... that the walk he'd make on his wife's neck would be that long ???

from rubberin' out the windy for ye
... from having had to wait so long (by the window) for him to come home

and the victuals cold such as there's money to buy after drinkin' up yer
wages at Gallegher's every Saturday evenin',
...and what with the food - or at least what passes for food in a household where the husband spends most of his money in the pub - going cold

and the gas man here twice to-day for his."
...and what with me having had to fend off the gasman who turned up twice today demanding payment.

So, basically, Mrs. McCaskey is just complaining about her husband making life difficult for her.