The Ubiquituous Pathetic Fallacy

After their meal (see here), Evagail suggests that they make love. Ridenour, remembering that he is not a peace-maker but an Imperial spy, declines. Many of our fictional spies are not so scrupulous! Poul Anderson, of course, does not merely recount their conversation. He also punctuates it in his usual way:

"He looked at the candle flames, not her, and mumbled: 'I'm sorry. It mustn't be.'
"'Why not?' The wind raved louder, nearly obliterating her words."
-Poul Anderson, "Outpost of Empire" IN Anderson, Captain Flandry: Defender Of The Terran Empire (Riverdale, NY, 2010), pp. 1-72 AT p. 50.

Evagail's inner turmoil is exactly matched by the storm outside. Anderson gives the impression of writing like this almost without noticing that he is doing it. Evagail's two words are followed by a question mark, a quotation mark and a pathetic fallacy.