The talk would drift to business: "I tell you, it's getting ridiculous.
Then their talk drifted to the new baseball season, and when was a southern team going to win a series?
The talk drifted, in deference to Frank, to stories involving his father.
Their talk drifted to the beauty of music, and they took that up again at tea-time.
The talk then drifted to their golf scores until there was a tap on the door and Gadgets stuck his head inside.
He was glad when the talk drifted back to the Rudbek organization.
"Then that is settled," said Clara demurely, and the talk drifted to other matters.
And so the talk drifted back to the dead.
She stopped to chat, but when the talk drifted to the question of whether to leave, the two women fell into an awkward silence.
The talk drifted to the shared interest of their work, and it was several minutes before he asked: "Now, what shall we have?