Niles: Well, I've got my own reasons to celebrate. Maris and I may be together again, by the new year.
Frasier: Oh, really Niles?
Niles: Yep, yeah. I called this morning to arrange the delivery of her Christmas gifts, and she said the only gift she'd accept from me was an abject apology.
Frasier: Going to cave into her, aren't you?
Niles: Au contraire. I told her I was not about to apologize, and from that point on, the respect in her voice came through loud and clear. No small feat, considering at the time she was speaking at the time through the hole in her massage table.