<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishLakini karibu saa tatu, sauti ya ghafla na ya muda mrefu kutoka nje ilituongoza kwenye dirisha, ili kumwona Poirot akishuka kutoka kwenye gari, akifuatana na Japp na Summerhay.  <response>: But about three oclock a ferocious and prolonged hooting outside drove us to the window, to see Poirot alighting from a car, accompanied by Japp and Summerhaye. 