Chapter 6, Chivalry's Shadow Summary

One winter day several years later, Fitz is at lessons when his teacher, Master Fedwren, offers him the chance to apprentice with him over the summer. As a scribe, Fitz would be able to travel outside of Buckkeep and have the opportunity to learn a respectable trade. Fedwren cautions that Fitz should consider the future when Chivlary's shadow no longer protects him.

Chade does not like Fedwren's proposition. He fears that Fitz's life would be in danger outside the keep. Chade then explains the unrest between the people of the land and the danger posed to a bastard traveling among them. Fitz sees his chance of freedom slipping away.

The next day Fedwren sends Fitz into town on an errand to buy supplies. In town, he runs into his old friend, Molly Nosebleed. The two old friends talk as...