CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 9: Grim Defeat

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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


Potioncat:
I was really struck in this read by how close Harry came to mentioning the dog--that he thought might be a grim--to Lupin. And I too wondered how it would have changed things. I think Lupin would have looked grave and Harry would have quickly changed the subject, more convinced than ever that it was a Grim. 

Who thinks  Lupin would have kept the information to himself--like he did about the Marauders' Map and who thinks he would have taken some action? Who thinks he might have told DD about the Marauders' Animagus forms?