What is Miss Mott doing in the beginning of Chapter 4? What are her thoughts about the household where she works?

Miss Mott, the cook at Mr. Buckle's home, is cooking dinner for seven gentlemen. Miss Mott contemplates her new employer, Mr. Buckle, with his "oddly private disposition" and his lack of social graces. Mr. Buckle inherited this house and wealth and shows little social graces.