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A long-drawn wail came down the wind, like the cry of some evil and lonely creature.
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This is reminiscent of Morgoth's cry in Lammoth to me, like a thin echo of it, if you’ll pardon the pun. The mention of the word ‘lonely’ also stands in great contrast to the Maggots welcoming the hobbits into their house. What is the Wraith lonely for? For the ring? Is there I reason why Tolkien chose this word over another besides the sound it conjures in the mind?
This conversation has brought up two things that inspire fear in Frodo. But one, the lesser, has been brought upon himself by his own misdeeds, and he is forgiven. The other is more or less inherited along with the ring, and yet turns out to pose the more dire and persistent threat. It is larger than himself.