but that doing so

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Again, there was a tiny tremor, accompanied this time by a slight darkening of his hue. His outline became more clearly perceptible. She was confident that he was trying to communicate with her, but that doing so was taking considerable effort on his part.

Source: At Home With the Horrors: 14 Tales by Sammy Scott

She saw a ghost. I have a question about sentence structure. Have I understood the sentence correctly?

She was confident that he was trying to communicate with her, but she was confident that doing so was taking considerable effort on his part.
 
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