<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMbele yetu walikuwa wachunguzi waliohusika na kesi hiyo. Maneno hayo ya kawaida yalitoka akilini mwangu upesi kabla Poirot hajafungua kesi hiyo.  <response>: In front of us were the detectives in charge of the case. The well-known glib phraseology passed rapidly through my mind in the interval before Poirot opened the proceedings. 