An additional person in the tarantass did not increase the expense, and considerably diminished the little unavoidable inconveniences of travel.

But times have changed.

In 1861 the domestic serfs were emancipated by Imperial ukaz.

Free servants demand wages; and on railways or steamers a single ticket does not include an attendant.
The present generation must therefore get through life with a more modest supply of valets, and must learn to do with its own hands much that was formerly performed by serf labour.

Still, a gentleman brought up in the old conditions cannot be expected to dress himself without assistance, and accordingly the waiter remains in your room to act as valet.