And Carlisle can hear all of them as he runs, too, panting harshly with exertion but without fear.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
They kill him or they don't; Carlisle will escape or he will not. Nothing to fear anymore.
ma liberaci dal male

He is close to the tunnels and accelerates, hoping to twist and turn enough to lose them, give himself time to flee --

It doesn't work. Carlisle gets turned around, somehow, lost in his head and former home and current prison. He ran towards the guard.