Does 'Bland slips up when he states it is to  enable him to proceed on his path to the murder of Duncan. ' stand independently of the premise 'Bland deftly avoids any discussion of his path to the murder of Duncan.', neither following nor contradicting it?
Bland slips up when he states it is to  enable him to proceed on his path to the murder of Duncan. ###Bland deftly avoids any discussion of his path to the murder of Duncan.