I had had a marvelous steak, but 'know better' by now than to say so.

sitifan

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“Did you have a nice lunch?” she asked sweetly. I had had a marvelous steak, but know better by now than to say so. (My bold.)
Source: http://eu.newdu.com/z1322.html

Is the tense sequence in the sentence in bold logical?
 
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