THE Illya moment from Foxes and Hounds

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

For me, this is the moment.  When the magician points the mind reading machine at Illya, the response from the secretive Russian is "That's enough!".  It immediately points us in the direction of a mystery, or a tragedy of some sort.  Why is it enough?  This is definitely one of my favorite pictures of Illya from the entire series, because it carries with it the questions that are never answered.

thanks to Lisa's for the photo

Tomorrow: Napoleon

Comments

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Yes, chilling is a good word. Especially if one were to be as controlled and successfully secretive as Illya is purported to be, the intrusion would set off alarm bells.
Now I'm wondering about a conversation, after the reports were written, between Illya and Napoleon about this machine. Would the Russian admit his concerns from a personal POV, or simply be cavalier about it and toss off his fears of discovery? And would Napoleon be glad it wasn't him the thing was pointed to?

[carabele.livejournal.com]

I don't think the possibilities regarding that machine would ever be discussed between the two men. They were both very private (Napoleon only let the world see what he wanted the public to see), so I think they would both simply never mention it again, once that machine had been destroyed.