shootingstar
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(He is wandering about in his hotel at night looking for the porter because he is somewhat drunk and confused.)
. . .
Five, six, seven flights I climbed, and still there was no porter. I began to be weary of the job. and reflecting that I was now close to my own room, decided I should go to bed. Eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen flights I mounted; and my open door (. . . of his room; he left the door of his room open when he was looking for the porter to give him some directions) seemed to be as wholly lost to me as the porter and his floating dip. I remembered that the house stood but six stories at its highest point . . .
(R.L. Stevenson, The Wrecker, Chapter II, Roussillon Wine)
What does "floating dip" mean there?
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Five, six, seven flights I climbed, and still there was no porter. I began to be weary of the job. and reflecting that I was now close to my own room, decided I should go to bed. Eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen flights I mounted; and my open door (. . . of his room; he left the door of his room open when he was looking for the porter to give him some directions) seemed to be as wholly lost to me as the porter and his floating dip. I remembered that the house stood but six stories at its highest point . . .
(R.L. Stevenson, The Wrecker, Chapter II, Roussillon Wine)
What does "floating dip" mean there?
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