<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishPoirot alikuwa amezungumza na Japp kwa sauti ya chini njiani, na alikuwa ni afisa wa mwisho ambaye aliomba kwamba nyumba, isipokuwa watumishi, lazima kukusanyika pamoja katika drawing-chumba.  <response>: Poirot had conferred with Japp in a low tone on the way up, and it was the latter functionary who requested that the household, with the exception of the servants, should be assembled together in the drawing-room. 