I heard two names--Chelius and what sounded like a Dutch word, Bommaerts.

Then to my joy I caught _Elfenbein_, and when uttered it seemed to be followed by a laugh.

I heard too a phrase several times repeated, which seemed to me to be pure gibberish--_Die Stubenvogel verstehn_.

It was spoken by the man from the sea.

And then the word _Wildvogel_.