Richard Thorpe searches lifelong for roots. Left at the parish at age 5, he later exchanges the grueling, dull life for a dangerous one in the mills to be with a girl he adores. When she disappears, he risks escape and capture to end up in a gypsy camp. Almost grown now, he rescues an abandoned wife, Emily, later marries her and becomes wealthy. When Emily dies, he goes hunting for his first love, Desiree, along the way meeting a girl, Rose, that he can't forget.
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