Remember, we must have brave thoughts.

And even if the first one is a girl, there'll be plenty of time for a boy--" "I hadn't thought of that," said Miss Patty.
They smiled at each other in concert, and a faint touch of colour arose to Miss Cordelia's slightly withered cheeks.
"Do you know," she said, hesitating, smiling--yes, and thrilling a little, too--"we've had so much to do with bringing it about, that somehow I feel as though it's going to be _my_ baby--" "Why, Cordelia!" whispered Miss Patty, who had been nodding throughout this confession.

"That's exactly how I feel about it, too!" It wasn't long after that before they began to look up names.
"If Josiah wasn't such a family name," said Miss Cordelia, "I'd like to call him Basil.

That means kingly or royal." Then of course they turned to Cordelia.

Cordelia meant warm-hearted.