one o'clock
Kathleen O'Connor and Molly Healy had charge of the minutiæ , while Denis ordered the big things , and opened his purse to its widest extent . `` They shall remember this , every one of them , right down to the babies in arms , '' he said . `` They welcomed me when I returned ; it is for me to show my gratitude . '' At one o'clock the adults assembled for dinner in the large marquee . Old Samuel Quirk was wheeled in in an invalid chair , but , though he smiled urbanely on the company , he did not gather the significance of the proceedings , for he was now as much an infant as the head compositor 's youngest baby . Father Healy came to bless the proceedings , and Dr. Marsh to stand by in case of sickness . After the dinner Cairns rose to his feet , to the sound of loud applause .