So here is my completion of the note, written on fresh paper and slipped back behind the drawer where I found it:
Does 23/02/03 refer to February 23, 2003? Or is it a European notation for March 2, 1923? The silk stockings suggest the latter. Wanilianna com 23 02 03 Silk Stockings And My W...
The back of the photo read: "For W., who loves the whisper. 23/02/03." Today, "Wanilianna com 23 02 03" reads like a forgotten URL. Type it into a browser, and you get nothing. A ghost domain. But in the romantic archaeology of the heart, that address still lives. It is a portal to a specific February evening in 1923 (or 2003), when someone peeled on silk stockings, stood before this very dresser, and began a sentence they never got to finish. So here is my completion of the note,