Original sentence: Her age at the time is unknown, however assumptions have been made of her being in her twenties, as well as of the likelihood that she was striking in appearance.It is suggestive of her appeal that Cortés singled her out as a gift for Alonzo Hernando Puertocarrero, perhaps the most well-born member of the expedition.Malinche was introduced to the Spanish in April 1519, when she was among twenty slave women given by the Chontal Maya of Potonchan (in the present-day state of Tabasco) to the triumphant Spaniards
Edited sentence: According to the story her mother sold her to the slavers in the middle of the night.Her age at the time is unknown, believed to have been somewhere between 15 and 20 years old.However assumptions have been made of her being in her twenties, as well as of the likelihood that she was striking in appearance.In fact the name itself only applied to the areas directly ruled by the Aztecs, or Mexicas, which is what they called themselves.It is suggestive of her appeal that Cortés singled her out as a gift for Alonzo Hernando Portocarrero, perhaps the most well-born member of the expedition.It was a jumble of organized city-states often at war with each other and answerable to a high leader as in Bronze Age Greece.Malinche, also known by her Maya name of Malinali, was introduced to the Spanish in April 1519, when she was among twenty slave women given by the Chontal Maya of Potonchan (in the present-day state of Tabasco) to the triumphant Spaniards as a peace offering after a battle.Moreover he noticed that she spoke Maya and Nahuatl, a by-product of her long slave period with them.Moreover the treatment she had at the hands of her family and by her people contrasted with the treatment she received at the hands of Cortés and his Spaniards.The Mayas called her "Malinali".The mother's response was that she was born a girl.The then 10-year old asked her mother why she was betraying her like this.What some historians, especially Mexican nationalist historians, may forget or blatantly ignore, is that at the time of the Conquest, Mexico was not a unified nation-state.Without a doubt she was more loyal to them as a result