I believe the following sentence...

メアリーさんも来ると言っていましたから。

...translates as "Because Mary said that she would come."

Can you tell me what the function of the も particle is in this instance? I'm
wondering if it's intended to be used to emphasise Mary somehow.

To clarify, person A said

> Shall we start eating?

to which person B said

> Not yet. メアリーさんも来ると言っていましたから。

The translation that makes the most sense to me would be

> Because Mary said that she would come as well

but that's not the given translation, so I wondered if も was being used in
another way.
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grammar particle-も
Use of も particle when stating what someone said
In this context メアリーさんも will correspond to ‘Marry also’.
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