The Lady Rowena sighed deeply, and asked more particularly when the Knight of Ivanhoe might be expected in his native country, and whether he would not be exposed to great dangers by the road. On the first point, the Palmer professed ignorance; on the second, he said that the voyage might be safely made by the way of Venice and Genoa , and from thence through France to England . “Ivanhoe,” he said, “was so well acquainted with the language and manners of the French , that there was no fear of his incurring any hazard during that part of his travels.”