11 o'clock
May Ingram 's gift was unique ; a mahogany box , inlaid with the rare edelweiss , encasing a Swiss phonograph , that was adjusted to play `` Elsa 's Dream Song '' from Lohengrin on Gertrude 's marriage anniversary , till her golden wedding should occur . Next morning after the sun had gilded the domes and spires of Paris , the Harrises sat at breakfast in a private room , fragrant with fresh cut flowers . Gertrude wore at her throat her lover 's gift , and she never looked prettier or happier . All the morning till 11 o'clock everybody was busy , when the ushers and friends began to arrive . Soon came the American ambassador , his wife and children . At 11:45 a bishop of New York City , Claude Searles of London , and intimate friends of the Harrises and George Ingram followed , till the private parlors were full . The orchestra of twenty pieces of Grand Opera House , stationed in the reception hall , played the `` Largo '' of Handel .