Yeh Ling

Tab Holland

Tab and Yeh Ling are close allies, sharing information and supporting each other through the mystery.

Ursula Ardfern

Ursula and Yeh Ling are confidantes, sharing personal secrets and supporting one another.

Jesse Trasmere

Jesse exerts control and manipulation over Yeh Ling, creating a dynamic of fear and dependency.

Rex Lander

Rex and Yeh Ling are acquaintances, interacting occasionally but without deep connection.

Tab Holland

Tab and Yeh Ling are close allies, sharing information and supporting each other through the mystery.

Ursula Ardfern

Ursula and Yeh Ling are confidantes, sharing personal secrets and supporting one another.

Ursula Ardfern

Ursula and Yeh Ling are confidantes, sharing personal secrets and supporting one another.

Jesse Trasmere

Jesse exerts control and manipulation over Yeh Ling, creating a dynamic of fear and dependency.

Rex Lander

Rex and Yeh Ling are acquaintances, interacting occasionally but without deep connection.

Tab Holland

Tab and Yeh Ling are close allies, sharing information and supporting each other through the mystery.

Jesse Trasmere

Jesse exerts control and manipulation over Yeh Ling, creating a dynamic of fear and dependency.

Rex Lander

Rex and Yeh Ling are acquaintances, interacting occasionally but without deep connection.

I

The proprietor of Yeh Ling's restaurant, who manages both the fashionable 'Golden Roof' and the original Chinese establishment. He secretly meets with Jesse Trasmere monthly and is tasked with finding a way to neutralize Wellington Brown.

XI

Implied to be the Chinese man observed by Eline and Mr. Stott; later revealed to have visited Mayfield to retrieve a lacquer box containing a note.

XII

Mentioned indirectly as the Chinese father of the boy Ursula nursed; he later laid out her Chinese garden.

XIV

Visits Wellington Brown in an opium den, instructs Yo Len Fo to keep him hidden, and notices he is being watched.

XV

Building a Chinese-style house with a pillar; described as reserved and successful, with a son who may become Chinese Ambassador.

XVII

Found unconscious in the garden after a struggle with an unknown assailant during the night watch.

XVIII

Reveals his past as a Harvard student, his partnership with Trasmere, and his secret surveillance of Ursula for seven years. Provides an alibi for Wellington Brown.

XIX

Mentioned as having paid for Wellington Brown's stay at Yo Len Fo's; Brown suspects Trasmere is behind it.

XXIII

Mentioned as having given a hint that Brown had been staying in an opium den.

XXIV

Oversees the construction of the Pillar of Grateful Memories, reflecting on Confucian sayings and his promise to Shi Soh. Later meets Ursula at the restaurant, evading questions about the papers.

XXV

Supervises the final touches on his house and the casting of the Pillar of Grateful Memories, discusses philosophy with Tab, and claims to know the murderer's identity.

XXVI

Yeh Ling claims to know the murderer but refuses to betray him, and warns Tab about Ursula's dangerous shooting practice.

XXVII

Mentioned as a poor waiter when Ursula first met him, and as a fellow beneficiary of Trasmere's financial backing with a similar profit-sharing arrangement.

XXVIII

Refuses to give Carver a sensitive document, citing legal standards and a sacred nature; meticulously prepares for Tab and Ursula's dinner.

XXIX

Appears unexpectedly after the dinner, inquiring about its success, and later appears in Tab's dream as a sinister figure.

XXXI

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

XXXII

Recalled by Tab as the watchful guardian who had been ready to intervene at the private dining-room.

XXXVII

Ambushes and kills Rex Lander, then conceals the body in a concrete pillar; later disposes of the car.

XXXIX

Hosts a housewarming party, shows his art collection, and later performs a burial ritual at the Pillar of Grateful Memories.