return null;
    } else if (!isExpired(value)) {
      statsCounter.recordHits(1);
      value.updateTimestamp();
      return value.getValue();
    } else {
      statsCounter.recordEviction();
      statsCounter.recordMisses(1);
      // `key` was in the cache, so it's a K.
      // (Or it's a weird case like a LinkedList in a Cache<ArrayList, ...>, but *shrug*.)
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")