return false;
        }
      }

      ValueEntry<K, V> newEntry = new ValueEntry<>(key, value, smearedHash, rowHead);
      succeedsInValueSet(lastEntry, newEntry);
      succeedsInValueSet(newEntry, this);
      succeedsInMultimap(multimapHeaderEntry.getPredecessorInMultimap(), newEntry);
      succeedsInMultimap(newEntry, multimapHeaderEntry);
      hashTable[bucket] = newEntry;