I'm reading "A Wrinkle In Time" by Madeleine L'Engle. The phrase I'm asking about is from the sentence on page 26, "At least Meg was reasonably sure that she was an old woman, and a very old woman at that." What does she mean by 'at that?' What does 'at that' add to the sentence?
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I would read that 'at that' as extra. The line is basically saying that Meg thought the woman was old and by saying at that - she means probably older than she initially thought. Not sure that I'm explaining this at all well, I know what I mean but hard to explain to someone else!