Lendore, having remained rather aloof and isolated during the journey, preferring to watch and listen to the others as was his method, though with this lot that didn't help him much at gaining any insights as to their mannerisms or personalities or a to how they would bid.
The time had come though to put up, or drop outas he liked to say, most of the time in private and only to himself, time for Ledore Johnson to do something for others rather than himself for a change, though with restraint...
"Two point one billion C-bills," he says. [13 RPs?]