In "My Last Duchess," the Duke suggests that he is most proud of his a.
name.
c.
late wife.
b.
wealth.
d.
artistic possessions.

"Somehow—I know not how—as if she ranked

My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name"

I'd say the answer would be his name.

Explanation:

if the italicized words are he ran switfly, we can rewrite the sentence using a verbal phrase as follows:

running swiftly he was able to overtake the child.