# XXXI explained — The Clue of the New Pin

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

## What happens

Tab and Ursula visit Stone Cottage for lunch. Tab questions Ursula about her trust in Yeh Ling, who has secretly watched over her for years. Later, Tab receives an urgent call from Rex Lander, who claims to have discovered how the Trasmere murder was committed and insists that Inspector Carver and Yeh Ling are involved. Tab meets Rex at Mayfield, where Rex reveals a clue involving a table in the vault.

## Themes in this chapter

### Loyalty and Betrayal

Ursula defends Yeh Ling's loyalty, while Rex accuses both Carver and Yeh Ling of betrayal in the murder plot.

### Madness and Vanity

Tab wonders if Rex is mad after his accusations, and Rex's triumphant tone suggests vanity in his discovery.

## Character check-ins

### Tab Holland

Visits Stone Cottage with Ursula, questions her about Yeh Ling, then meets Rex at Mayfield after a mysterious phone call.

### Ursula Ardfern

Picks up Tab for lunch at Stone Cottage, defends Yeh Ling's loyalty, and reveals she nearly shot one of Yeh Ling's sentinels.

### Rex Lander

Calls Tab with an urgent discovery about the murder method, accuses Carver and Yeh Ling of involvement, and meets Tab at Mayfield.

### Yeh Ling

Mentioned as having watched over Ursula for years and keeping a man watching her house; Rex accuses him of being involved in the murder.

### Inspector Carver

Rex accuses Carver of being deeply involved in the murder, though Tab is shocked by the claim.

## Key lines

> “Yes, I think I do,” she said. “He has been a most faithful friend. Think, Tab, without my knowledge, all these years he has been watching over me. I should be a most ungrateful girl if his loyalty did not move me.”

Ursula affirms her trust in Yeh Ling, noting his long-term, secret guardianship and expressing gratitude for his loyalty.

_Ursula defends Yeh Ling's character and devotion._

> “I have found how the murder was committed!” “The Trasmere murder?” “Yes,” came the quick reply. “I know how the man got in and out of the vault. I was in there this afternoon inspecting the work that has been done and I found it by accident.”

Rex claims to have accidentally discovered the method used to enter and exit the vault in the Trasmere murder.

_Rex reveals his breakthrough to Tab._

> “Because,” said Rex’s voice deliberately, “Carver is in this murder up to his neck!” Tab nearly dropped the receiver from his hands. “You are mad,” he said. “Am I? You shall judge for yourself. And Yeh Ling is in it⁠—hurry!”

Rex accuses Inspector Carver and Yeh Ling of complicity in the murder, shocking Tab.

_Rex implicates Carver and Yeh Ling._

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