"Go down into the Boulevard d'Anvers, and you will have a good chance to see the show," added the landlord.
"O, it is really very fine and very grand; but go at once, or you will be too late."
The students were permitted to go to the street indicated, and they had hardly secured a good place before they heard martial music, playing a solemn dirge.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE VICE-PRINCIPAL.
A Religious Procession in Brussels.—Page 230.
A crowd of people preceded the procession, as it came out of the Rue de Laeken into the Boulevard d'Anvers. At the head of it marched the military band, and the cortége was flanked by soldiers of the Belgian army, indicating that the government felt an interest in the display. The students were on the tiptoe of excitement at the novel spectacle; and Paul asked his friend, the doctor, a great many questions which he could not answer. The composition and order of the procession were very nearly as follows:—