Paper affixed on a ruled sheet with the title and fragment of the poem "Epigram to Anacreon". On the same side of the sheet the poem "Forgetfulness". Both poems are written in ink and crossed out in pencil. Number "126" in pencil at top right.
The poem "Salome" on the verso. The title has been underlined and there is a line in red ink below the poem. Footnote with a quote from a Gospel of Nubia, as published in the newspaper Le Journal, in February 1896. Number "127" in pencil at top right.

Seven editions of the Paris newspaper Le Matin and five editions of another Paris newspaper, Le Journal. They are accompanied by a piece of paperboard with the note "Les Noces Blanches", written by Cavafy. It is about the case of a scandal involving homosexuals in the atelier of the British painter Ernest Bulton, at Montparnasse, Paris. The police arrested the participants and the incident was considered a scandal. The newspapers referred to it using the title "Noces blanches" (white weddings). Cavafy follows the case through articles in the two newspapers.

Clipping from the newspaper Le Journal. Fragment of an article by Maurice Montégut. The title and date of the newspaper are handwritten by Cavafy. Accompanied by a small piece of paper with short quote and bibliographical reference written by the poet. Abbreviations.