Sealed Knot

The Sealed Knot is identified in the novel as a Royalist Club and appears among the fashionable clubs associated with Lord David Dirry-Moir. Its brief mention places it within a post-Restoration club culture in which political allegiance and elite sociability overlapped.

Membership and Character

The Sealed Knot is named among the clubs of which Lord David Dirry-Moir was a member. The passage also lists his membership in several other clubs, presenting club leadership and participation as part of his public standing among fashionable society. It gives no further account of the Sealed Knot’s membership or activities.

Political Setting

The novel situates the Sealed Knot within the broader change in club culture after the Restoration: revolutionary clubs had been abolished, and monarchical clubs had taken the place of republican ones. The Sealed Knot’s explicit designation as a Royalist Club locates it on the monarchical side of that contrast, though the passage does not describe particular political actions by the club.