Spike held a long and earnest conversation with his friend.

The two of them walked off side by side, still deep in earnest conversation.

But try though she might, Ferret could make out nothing of the low, earnest conversation that followed.

He had little to say to us, but sat down by the side of the girl, and they fell at once into earnest conversation.

She must seem to be deep in earnest conversation, as if she had not even seen Jordaine.

Those guests who did remain were mostly human, engaged in depressingly earnest conversation.

Sinnall and the girl were deep in earnest conversation.

Not that we have long, earnest conversations about the state of our tortured person- alities, thank God.

They had been having a low, earnest conversation and looked up startled, 'Oh, thank you.'

And I had been observed to be in earnest conversation with a hero.