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In March 2012, Ollie and the negotiator travelled to Nairobi to make the final arrangements.
2012年3月，奧利和談判代表前往內羅畢作最后安排。
Control Risks contracted a pilot to drop the money,
控制風險公司簽約了一名飛行員去送錢，
but there were some tense moments when the authorities that controlled the local airstrip demanded a larger cut.
但也有一些緊張的時刻，控制當地飛機跑道的當局要求更大幅度地削減贖金。
Once that was worked out, and the kidnappers indicated they were prepared to release their hostage, things changed.
一旦這個問題解決了，綁架者也表示他們準備釋放人質，事情就發生了變化。
“At that point, the security consultant drove me to a crossroads in Nairobi,” he recalled.
奧利回憶道，“那時，安全顧問開車把我送到內羅比的一個十字路口。”
“On one side there was a jeep with the Foreign Office guys in it, and I just crossed the road and got in their car.
“另一邊停著一輛吉普，里面是外交部的人，我穿過馬路，上了他們的車。
From that point on, the British government took over.
從那時起，英國政府就接管了。
British officials travelled to the Nairobi airport to collect Jude,
英國官員去內羅畢機場接裘德，
and then took her to the British high commission, where she was reunited with her son.
然后把她帶到英國高級專員公署，在那里她與兒子團聚。
Eventually, the full ransom that Ollie had paid was reimbursed under the terms of the K&R policy.
最終，依據綁架和贖金保險單的條款，奧利支付的全部贖金得到了償還。
On the one hand, Ollie is grateful that the British government allowed him to pay a ransom
一方面，奧利很感激的是，盡管綁架他母親的人可能與青年黨有聯系，
despite the fact that his mother’s kidnappers may have been linked to al-Shabaab.
英國政府還是允許他支付贖金。
(A British researcher told me that he visited the FCO office to discuss the case while Jude was being held,
(一位英國研究人員告訴我，在裘德被關押期間，他曾到英國外交部討論此事，
and was told the government was not interested in hearing any information about the terrorist ties of the kidnappers.)
期間被告知政府對綁匪與恐怖分子的關系沒有興趣。)
On the other hand, his experience caused him to focus on what he sees as the hypocrisy and heartlessness of the government’s position.
另一方面，奧利的經歷使他關注了自己認為的政府虛偽和無情的立場。
In order to apply pressure, Jude’s kidnappers were depriving her of food, slowly starving her to death.
為了施加壓力，綁匪不斷減少她的食物，打算慢慢地把她餓死。
If negotiations had dragged on for a few more months, “she would have died for sure,” Ollie believes.
如果談判再拖上幾個月，奧利認為，“她肯定會死的。”
