Question

What made the Storyteller think that he was
"bound in a pact with the Devil? ?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The theme enjoyed a large run of popularity in the 20th century. At one point Anthony Boucher, editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, "reported that fully 50 percent of his unsolicited submissions consisted of deal-with-the-devil stories or "formalities of the hereafter", which as often as not involved the Devil".