There were people everywhere, as far as the eye could see, filling the wide avenue, the sidewalks, overflowing onto adjacent streets; you could even see their reflexions filling the frame of the black Decaux "lollipop".
They were people from all walks of life, parading slowly and in silence, as if behind a hearse.
Sometimes applauses would break the silence, starting in the back, swelling as they came closer, and then moving on towards the head of the parade.
I had never seen anything like that.