When the vehicle did start it was with a rapidity which alarmed me.

Corner after corner was turned, and the lights went by in flashes.

It was taking a long time to reach my hotel, I thought.
Suddenly it dawned upon me that the direction we were going was contrary to my instructions.

I tried to open the window, but it refused to move.

Then I hammered on the pane, but the driver was deaf, or purposely so.
"Hi there!" I thoughtlessly yelled in English, "where the devil are you going ?" No one paid any attention to my cries.