Hearing- I kept hearing elle , an ‘l’ sound instead of eux in the second sentence although I knew it made no sense ...but I am a bit deaf.

Hi Catriona and Kathleen,

 I have listened to the audio and he does says -

...je me confie à eux

but the clash of vowels (that can't be avoided in this case) does sound strange for French people too. Having said this I don't hear an -l.

Bonne continuation!