mrs. jordan: (to ben) well, i don't call that delicate stepping into a dead man's shoes in such haste.
what does she mean here and why she says this?

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Mrs. Jordan made this comment. When grandfather sees Henry wearing it, Mrs. Slater quickly gives them back to him. This prompts Mrs. Jordan to make this comment. Stepping into dead man’s shoe is to take the position of the dead man although one might not be capable of it. Mrs. Jordan on seeing her brother-in law wearing grandfather’s shoes feels that he was in too much of a hurry to step into the grandfather’s shoes. He didn't’t even wait for his funeral.

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