Ollie reassures him that it will be no problem to convince her, never thinking that his own wife won""t give permission for him to go:Ollie: Of course she""ll let you go.After having Alex sit on the bed next to him, he affectionately puts his arm around Alex""s bare shoulders and speaks to him in the Nadsat lingo of youth:.He owned a racetrack, a shooting club, drilling rig companies, several oil companies - but his records indicated that he was in trouble.Lillian Gish played his opposite - a saintly good woman who provided refuge for the victimized children.