Léonie helps Thérèse prepare for her meeting with the priest. The priest lives in a large, ostentatious house made of stone. The interior of the residence is dark and bleak (151). Thérèse imagines the housekeeper washing the entire room, including the statue of Christ and the priest himself. She tries to ignore these thoughts while the priest lectures her. He tells Thérèse that she is lying and that she is an impressionable young girl.
Thérèse objects at first, but then she begins to cry. The priest tells her that a true visionary would not break down under a little opposition. He gives Thérèse a cheap rosary, telling her that prayer will do her good. Thérèse follows Louis out to the car, her bladder bursting and her feet pinching in her uncomfortable shoes......
