Chevalier Chacko was one of our few laymen who have made a profound Study of spiritual values as they are manifested in the lives of the saints and servants of God. He had a very clear perception and very original ideas of spiritual childhood and the problem of pain, two aspects which were dominant in the life sister Alphonsa. He had carefully tried to avoid all exaggeration and preconceived nations and succeeded in giving a very restrained and correct account of her personality.