From the very beginning, David Noble wa man possessed - possess by a burning ambition to be a doctor, hungry for money, and burning with the desire to love and be loved by Jacqueline Huntington, the beautiful half-French grandaughter of the fabulously wealthy man David worked for.Through tender first kisses, impassioned secret meeting tate at night, heartrending self-imposed separations, a whirlwind, sophisticated, courtship in the great capitals of Europe, David's desire for possession pursued him, until he was able to conquer it and, ultimately, himself.