Lupin - neatly

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No: HPFGUIDX 16029

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Magda Grantwich <mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> >  I just reread Prizoner from Azkaban and noticed those little 
hints
> > Rowling puts in to Lupins personality - his battered case is hold 
> > together with strings that he has knotted Neatly...
> 
> How come Lupin can't magic himself up some decent clothes and a good
> piece of luggage? 

He doesn´t have decent stuff because he´s so poor - he must have had 
real trouble getting a job because nobody wants to employ a werewolf.

And I think you can´t just magic yourself rich.

Remember the Weasley family -  I´m sure if they could just magic 
things up, they wouldn´t let their kids go to school in second hand 
robes and with second hand books. 

If you could, there´d be no need for Gringotts and the shops in Diagon 
alley and the books would only be half the fun... which tends to be a 
general reason for a lot of unexplainable things in the books...

Maybe things you conjure up out of thin air don´t last as long as real 
things, or they´ll just disappear after a while (like leprechaun 
gold). 

About Lupin´s character - yes, he seems to be a very orderly man. I 
think it fits very well with his way of treating other people, the way 
he talks, his sense of humour - there is nothing spectacular in it, 
but it´s still very thoughtful and deep. Lupin is certainly one of the 
"well-organised minds" Dumbledore speaks about in that wonderful scene 
at the and of HPPS.