. . . , having had the proposition repeated to him

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. . . At sound of this ominous expression, the good man's face conspicuously lengthened; and when my grandfather, having had the proposition repeated to him (for he was hard of hearing), announced his intention of being present at the interview, I could not but think that Uncle Adam's sorrow kindled into momentary irritation.
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R. L. Stevenson and L. Osbourne, The Wrecker, Chapter vi : In Which I Go West)

I wonder if the underlined clause having had the proposition repeated to him corresponds to the clause after he has had the proposition repeated to him or if it corresponds to after he had had the proposition repeated to him.
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