2 uses
- 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.2m — Day 2 - Morning (78% in)
- 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.4a — Day 4 - Afternoon (99% in)
There are no more uses of "confer" in The Remains of the Day.
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