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This paper describes four cases who early in analysis offered to do a special favor for the analyst which promised material or professional gain for him. The defensive nature of this behavior is described as a way of rendering the analyst dependent on the patient and harmless. The obvious aggression toward the analyst was also revealed. The author states that in these patients narcissistic and a combination of narcissistic and obsessive character traits predominated.