# Chapter X explained — The Clue of the New Pin

> Chapter companion for The Clue of the New Pin by Edgar Wallace.

## What happens

Tab returns Ursula's jewel case but the police have removed the jewels. Ursula seems relieved that no personal documents were found among Trasmere's papers. Carver discovers a bloodied heel print in the vault, proving someone entered after the murder. The coroner's jury returns a verdict of wilful murder against persons unknown, and Ursula collapses after fainting twice during her performance.

## Themes in this chapter

### Identity and Secrecy

Ursula's relief that no personal documents were found suggests hidden connections to Trasmere.

### Crime and Justice

The locked-room murder and the coroner's verdict highlight the challenges of solving the crime.

## Character check-ins

### Ursula Ardfern

Returns her jewel case but seems relieved when told no personal documents were found; later collapses after fainting during her performance.

### Tab Holland

Returns the jewel case to Ursula and reports to Carver; sensitive to Ursula's changing demeanor.

### Inspector Carver

Discovers a bloodied heel print in the vault and explains the impossibility of a duplicate key; summarizes the baffling case.

### Jesse Trasmere

Murdered in his vault; the key was found on a chain around his neck; shot in the back.

### Wellington Brown

Mentioned as a suspect; former secretary to Trasmere who threatened him.

## Key lines

> There was a faint half-moon printed on the edge of the concrete. 'That is the edge of a heel, and a rubber heel,' said Carver, 'which proves beyond any doubt whatever, that somebody came into the vault after the old man was killed.'

Carver identifies a partial heel print in blood, proving someone entered the vault after the murder.

_Key forensic evidence that someone else was present after Trasmere's death._

> She bit her lip in thought. 'Why did he come back?' she said, half to herself. 'He might have lived comfortably on the allowance.'

Ursula wonders why Brown returned despite receiving a comfortable allowance.

_Ursula's curiosity about Brown's motives hints at her own hidden knowledge._

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