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Well, I think it would have been the easier, and in my opinion also most likely, that Ted would decide himself to leave the Shire. I mean, being a known traitor, with Sam as a neighbor, even if he proved forgiving, we all know how people like that act (like Saruman): not believing that somebody would forgive them, even if they will. So I think Ted would just flee, wherever he could go, just so that he does not have to endure the looks of his neighbors, perhaps also out of fear of punishment, which in the end might not have even come to place had he stayed, but of course he would assume the worst. As people like that in Middle-Earth always do.
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