In ch.19, we are told that the ladies have taken refuge in Molland's because it has started to rain.

Lady Dalrymple's carriage, for which Miss Elliot was growing very impatient, now drew up; the servant came in to announce it.

I'm a bit confused about whose servant this would be - Lady Dalrymple's or the Elliots'? If it was the Elliots' servant, where would he have been waiting while the ladies were inside - out in the rain?