Past perfect: sequential events

Question

Hi, I have a question about he following sentence in the lesson:  "Après qu'elle lui avait avoué ce qu'elle ressentait, elle avait rougi."  Seems logical to me that she would have blushed AFTER she confessed her feelings, hence "elle a rougi" makes more sense, no?  Would appreciate your thoughts, thanks in advance!

Answer

Bonjour Andrew,
I think that your phrase «elle a rougi» is appropriate with usage of le Plus-que-Parfait in the après qu'elle lui avait avoué. . . (see the lesson below in the link).
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/view/4706
However, because this lesson was about le Plus-que-parfait singularly, I can see the reasoning for both verbs being in le PQP in the example given in the lesson.
Bonne chance et bonne continuation dans vos études en français.