The naval officer first views Jack with relative simple pleasure: he's happy that someone, anyone, is alive on the island. Very quickly, however, this immediate pleasure gives way to more intense and darker feelings. He's disappointed with how the boys have done on the island. He thinks they've given too much of themselves up, saying, "I should have thought that a pack of British boys—you're all British, aren't you?—would have been able to put up a better show than that—I mean—"
Readers aren't told if he just stops (as I think) or if Ralph interrupts him. In any case, the officer is essentially horrified.
The boys weep for lost innocence, and due to a sense of shame for what they've done.
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