midday of the tenth of August
Another memorial was drafted below , showing that unless the missing coin was restored to its owner hell would have to close its doors . There was a veiled menace in the memorial also , for Clause 6 hinted that if hell was allowed to go by the board heaven might find itself in some jeopardy thereafter . The document was dispatched and considered . In consequence a proclamation was sent through all the wards of Paradise , calling on whatever person , archangel , seraph , cherub , or acolyte had found a threepenny-piece since midday of the tenth of August then instant , that the same person , archangel , seraph , cherub , or acolyte , should deliver the said threepenny-piece to Rhadamanthus at his Court , and should receive in return a free pardon and a receipt . The coin was not delivered , That young seraph , Cuchulain , walked about like a person who was strange to himself . He was not tormented : he was angry . He frowned , he cogitated and fumed .