The correct answer is the following:<em> option C.</em> The excerpt that most effectively contributes to the development of the theme that the bond between fathers and daughters is sacred and everlasting is <em>"This touch of his own little daughter had been always on his heart, as he had come year after year to Calcutta to sell his wares in the streets."</em> The excerpt contributes to the theme by exposing how important this father's bond with his little daughter was, that he kept the memory of his daughter's touch through many years and served him as inspiration and motivation.
