With regret but understanding, she accepted his explanation.Logan heard he news of the day on the plane -- Mariko Yashida had inherited her grandfather""s giant tech corporation as CEO ("the passing of the torch").He remembers how his father Clayton Smith once claimed hat Paine was "the finest man he ever knew":Just to sit here with him is a very great honor for me, because I remember Dad used to tell me that Joe Paine was the finest man he ever knew.Is that the clinic? This is Senf, the Head Porter, Grand Hotel.How""s my wife? Is she in pain? Isn""t the child coming soon? Patience? Would you have patience?"Otto Kringelein (Lionel Barrymore), a timid assistant bookkeeper-accountant and factory clerk from Friedersdorf, called Heinrich about a diagnosis from his specialist following an operation - he was declared terminally-ill; with an unnamed fatal condition, he sickly Otto requested Heinrich to tear up his most-recent will, and vowed to use all his savings and remain in the luxury hotel until his death: "I""m never going back to Friedersdorf...Right now, I""d rather talk myself into something (he rests his hand on hers).Know what I mean?Mildred: Still trying...Wally: It""s a habit.I""ve been trying once a week since we were kids.Mildred: Twice a week.Wally: OK.Twice.Anyhow, I""m still drawing blanks.Circumstances are difficult for Mildred and she appears fearful (or guilty).She suddenly consumes her drink, throwing it back down her throat and Wally notices: "You never used to drink it straight like that.His main functions in the casino are to sign checks and vouchers and to occasionally break up fights.