Thanks to Albert Runcorn most of their country believed that she was responsible for the murders of the Flints. Even a broken clock was right twice a day. The more she stopped to consider the implications of "waking her up', the more frightened she became. Was it possible? He might have failed in his previous attempts, but was he able to figure out how to replace all of Hermione's traits with Bellatrix's? She couldn't even imagine how that would work. It would still be her mind and her body, just she would think she was Bellatrix? Or would he just make her so she was nasty and even more insane like his late wife? There were so many questions she had that she knew he wouldn't be willing to answer. Of course it was also possible that the man was completely insane and speaking gibberish. He might believe he could do something and not actually be able to follow through. Until she knew the facts, she couldn't afford to discount him just because he seemed like he'd gone round the bend.