The spirit of Bacon told Allen that he had been misquoted when Dowden had received the messages she passed on to Dodd , but that Dowden was not to blame .
Another spirit had garbled the message on that occasion .
The spirit of Bacon told Allen that he had been misquoted when Dowden had received the messages she passed on to Dodd , but that Dowden was not to blame because another spirit had garbled the message on that occasion .