Another line of thought on this matter...perhaps Fatty would have been safer leaving the Shire with the other hobbits instead of staying and making pretence to be Frodo. In "The Grey Havens" chapter, Pippin exclaims, "You would have done better to come with us after all, poor old Fredegar!" as Fatty is released from prison. Physically, he was much worse off than any of the hobbits who left the Shire.
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