Ilya tenses noticeably when he gets a description of what a crown prosecutor actually does. After all, the Russian equivalent of that, in Ilya's time, were responsible for putting people like Ilya and people who had done nothing but question the status quo into gulags and execution centers. Yes, it's not a fair comparison to draw, but for Ilya, those memories, those people in their dvortsom mansions while the common people starved, they were recent memories he could recall with frightening clarity.

"...you look more like your brother than your parents, I think. They have a different sort of attitude to them, if that makes sense."