George being dead and cut out of his father's will, Frederick insisted that the half of the old gentleman's property should be settled upon his Maria, and indeed, for a long time, refused, "to come to the scratch" (it was Mr. Frederick's own expression) on any other terms. 
Frederick insisted that half of the old gentleman's property should be settled upon his Maria, and refused "to come to the scratch" (his own expression) on any other terms. 