That was the only way he might even hope to escape.

Are you hoping to escape the office and stay home with your little one?

Or we can choose to run and hope to escape.

He could not hope to escape the hill giant through the long and revealing light of day.

A man could not hope to escape by staying a safe distance.

Yes, a light might draw to them the very attention they hoped to escape.

But he could not hope to escape without a horse.

Here they seemed to put their heads down and hope to escape without attention.

Should that happen, the shaman was far too close now to even hope to escape.

In such a case he could not hope to escape being recognized.