Unlike the two men, whose faces were tinged with anxiety and discomfort, the town's residents generally maintained a complexion not much different from that of everyday life. Rather, they looked at the two of them in wonder as they ran, sensing the presence of Hexenbiests.
To be given peace is to keep oneself away from danger. As a result, they are unable to manage their own crisis and fail to hear the footsteps of death creeping up behind them.