Other people would say so, and would allege that he was currying favor with Bulstrode for the sake of making himself important and getting on in the world.
"Apple is knowingly using Valencell's patented technology in an effort to achieve a licensing rate that is below a reasonable royalty," Valencell's lawyers allege in the lawsuit.
In both cases, tax authorities and prosecutors allege that Mr Mourinho and Mr Ronaldo ceded their image rights to companies on the Virgin Islands which in turn ceded them to a company based in Ireland.
Prosecutors allege Ms Park allowed her long-time friend Choi Soon-sil to meddle in state affairs extensively and extort funds from top South Korean companies for non-profit foundations controlled by Ms Choi.
US authorities allege the traders used a technique known as "ramping" that caused the price of pounds to spike.
The students willingly participated in the scheme knowing it to be fraudulent, the authorities allege.
This year Mr Valcke confirmed that he signed off on the payment made to an account prosecutors allege was controlled by Jack Warner, a former Fifa vice-president accused by the US of taking bribes.
A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, less extol them: a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate or beg: and a number of the like.
The accused merchant saw by this time that his condemnation was certain, and tried to allege something in his defence.