Lockhart and Lupin

[David]

No: HPFGUIDX 29213

Manda, 1999th of that name, wrote:
> In CoS, Lockhart refers to the Homorphus Charm which he used to 
> turn a werewolf back into a man. Since he says he saved the town 
from 
> the monthly attacks, it must be a permanent charm. If, according to 
> the book, Lockhart's stories are true (the actual feats were 
> performed by other wizards though), why has no one used this on 
> Lupin? 
> 
Caius' explanation is perfectly good, but here's an alternative:

The homorphus charm indeed transforms a werewolf temporarily into his 
human form, but only for as long as the wizard is pointing his wand.  
This is quite long enough, however, for the villagers to identify who 
the werewolf is.

Once full moon was over, they then murdered the werewolf (or he ran 
away).  Problem solved.

David