Read the following paragraphs from "the cabuliwallah."

saying this, he put his hand inside his big loose robe and brought out a small dirty piece of paper. with great care he unfolded this and smoothed it out with both hands on my table. it bore the impression of a little hand, not a photograph. not a drawing. the impression of an ink-smeared hand laid flat on the paper. 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. tears came to my eyes. i forgot he was a poor cabuli fruitseller, while i was but no, was i more than he? he was also a father.

after reading this sentence the reader can most likely conclude that the narrator feels all of the following except
a. disdain
b. humility
c. kinship
d. shame