I would no doubt have been properly horrified, had it not occurred to me that he and his chaps must be very hungry:
Ni izu-laborriak hartuko nindukeen, dudarik gabe, otu ez balitzait berak eta bere lagunek gose handiz egon behar zutela, gero eta gose handiagoz egon ere, azken hilabete honetan batik bat.