Now I don't care a whoop in hell for that bunch of miners back there in the cabin.
If left alone they will forget all about this affair in an hour.

It's nothing to them, and they are no angels if it was.

But, in a way, it is different with you.

I understand that, and also that you are in a position where you might make me some trouble.

People would listen to what you had to say--and some of them might believe you.