Her hand went to her trembling mouth and she sank to her knees, sobbing. Suddenly the she could hear Roz's voice in the distance.

"Daphne?"

The door to Niles' office opened and the voice became louder.

"Daphne, are you in here? The door was open and no one answered when I knocked, so I-"

Roz stopped suddenly and was in the room within seconds, kneeling beside her friend; her hand on Daphne's back.

"My God, what's wrong? Did something happen?"

Daphne's fingers trembled as she shook her head and glanced at the pages in her hand.

"No..." She answered so softly that the word came out in a whisper.

"What's this?"

Roz gently took the pages from Daphne and her mouth fell open.

"Oh my God, where did you find these?"

Guilt flooded over Daphne and she swallowed hard. "B-by accident. I-I was straightening some things on his desk and the folder fell onto the floor! Papers went everywhere! I tried not to look; I swear it... but then I saw me name and I couldn't help meself."

It was then that Daphne saw the look of astonishment on Roz's face.

"What's wrong?"

Still starring at the pages, Roz shook her head. "I can't believe he kept these all this time."

"Wait... you knew about this?"

"Well, yeah! I thought everybody knew!"

"But how could you possibly-."

"Oh, Frasier told me."

"Frasier? But-."

Roz sighed. "It's no big deal. He swore me to secrecy. But I walked into Café Nervosa one day and Niles was sitting at his favorite table, flipping through a stack of papers and sobbing his eyes out."

Daphne was astonished. "He was crying?"

"Like a baby. I couldn't believe it! I asked him what was wrong and he showed me the papers. I knew right away that it was his proposal speech."

"But why didn't he ever-."

Roz shrugged. "Beats me. Who knows why Niles does half of what he does!"

Ignoring the hurtful comment about her husband, Daphne took the pages from Roz and poured over the words once more.

"But there are so many words. How could he possibly-."

"I told him that it was too long but he was so insistent on using that line about being hopeless and despairing and comparing you to three different roses."

"You read this?"

"Well yeah! I mean he practically insisted!"

Just then David's cries could be heard from upstairs, but Daphne barely noticed.

"I'll go up and check on him." Roz said.

Oblivious to Roz's exit, Daphne glanced at the papers in her hand and began to sob once more.

She never imagined it was possible to fall even deeper in love, but Niles' beautiful words had just proven her wrong.