Sentence:  Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain <WSD>also</WSD> had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;nb.... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  In addition; besides; as well; further; too. (from 14th c.)