had stroked
Past perfect conjugation of stroke. There are other translations for this conjugation.

stroke

She hangs onto this hand, whose heat she suddenly recognizes, and she remembers, like that, all of a sudden, that it had stroked her, Fenia, when she was young.
Elle s’accrocha à cette main dont, brusquement, elle reconnut la chaleur, et elle se souvint, comme ça d’un seul coup, qu’elle l’avait caressée, à elle, Fenia, quand elle avait été jeune.
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