Round Table - What Chivalry Here Doth Abide...

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

I've always been intrigued by Illya's reaction in this scene from Her Master's Voice Affair.  When Miss Partridge goes down he swoops in and, with that distessed look on his face, seems intent on comforting her.  It's moving, evocative of something in his past perhaps?  I wrote a vignette on it several years back, it's posted on mfuwss if you're interested.
On this Mother's Day, I wonder if it might be connected to memories of his own mother, of loss and heartache.  He is also quick to help the parents of Alexander when they are found in the cave doing hard labor.  Funny that it's the Russian who seems to have this soft spot for older people, perhaps parent figures for him.
Any ideas?

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[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

The elderly Miss Partridge in 'Her Master's Voice' seemed closer to his Babushka's age rather than his mother, I thought. She may not have been an innocent, but Illya was always the gentleman when it came to his elders. He was just as respectful of Waverly, even if the old man was his superior.