Question

How can you explain the boys "strange, soundless weeping"?

Answer 1

The strange soundless weeping means he was extremely sad and heart broken

Answer 2

Answer:

His weeping was strange in the sense that there was no sound or voice when he wept. it implies that he was suffering from so much pain and sorrow that he could not even make voice. He lost the energy and sensation to make voice , he knew nothing at that time , he was lost.