CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 9: Grim Defeat

[justcarol67]

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Potioncat wrote:
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> I don't think there was anything to indicate that DD had any idea who was sleeping near that spot. On the other hand, you'd think Snape and DD would want to know where Harry was. Either way, I think DD cut off Snape because they had had the discussion before and DD was tired of it. He trusted Lupin.--enough said althoughI understand why Snape didn't trust Lupin. <snip>

Carol responds:
You could be right. At any rate, cutting off a character who's about to reveal important information is one of JKR's favorite devices. She also employs the opposite tactic, having Harry decide, for whatever reason, not to ask a question or confide in someone (for example, not mentioning the "Grim" to Lupin).

Carol, who thinks it would be fun to speculate on how the suppressed information might have changed the plot in each case