And he might just as well have let it alone, for the servants cleaned it again with the other things in the morning, and he could never find the sock afterwards.

There were two servants.

One of them had to be called Mrs Pettigrew instead of Jane and Eliza like others.

She was cook and managed things.
After breakfast Albert's uncle said-- 'I now seek the retirement of my study.

At your peril violate my privacy before 1.30 sharp.