Why does Billy think the landlady is a little odd?

In the short story 'The Landlady,' Billy Weaver believes the landlady is a bit odd because she's very forgetful. He refers to her as being 'slightly.

d) the narrator even suggested that the white whale, moby d, was ubiquitous and present in every ocean at every moment.  

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.