Both Uses

confer
in
The Remains of the Day
(Edited)

Whenever the conference adjourned, I noticed, as no doubt his lordship did with some concern, that Mr Lewis would quickly take M. Dupont away to some corner or other where they could confer quietly.
Chpt 2m - *

confer = talk
And there across the hall, behind the very doors upon which my gaze was then resting, within the very room where I had just executed my duties, the most powerful gentlemen of Europe were conferring over the fate of our continent.
Chpt 4a -

conferring = talking

Definitions:

(1) (confer as in: confer with her coach)
have a conference in order to talk something over
(2) (confer as in: confer an honorary degree)
to give -- especially to bestow an honor or title
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)