diff --git a/src/inkwell/notes/__init__.py b/src/inkwell/notes/__init__.py
index c913bf7..77d447e 100644
--- a/src/inkwell/notes/__init__.py
+++ b/src/inkwell/notes/__init__.py
@@ -387,7 +387,9 @@ async def reorder_notes():
             for n in (
                 await db.scalars(
                     select(Note).where(
-                        Note.id.in_(parsed), visible_to_user("note", Note.owner_id, Note.id, g.user_id)
+                        Note.id.in_(parsed),
+                        visible_to_user("note", Note.owner_id, Note.id, g.user_id),
+                        Note.purged_at.is_(None),
                     )
                 )
             ).all()
@@ -431,13 +433,8 @@ async def create_note():
 @bp.get("/<note_id>")
 @login_required
 async def get_note(note_id: str):
-    nid = parse_uuid(note_id)
-    if nid is None:
-        return not_found()
     async with session_scope() as db:
-        note = await db.scalar(
-            select(Note).where(Note.id == nid, visible_to_user("note", Note.owner_id, Note.id, g.user_id))
-        )
+        note = await _get_visible(db, note_id)
         if note is None:
             return not_found()
         return jsonify(await _serialize_note(db, note, g.user_id))
@@ -653,18 +650,17 @@ async def upload_attachment(note_id: str):
 @bp.get("/<note_id>/attachments/<att_id>")
 @login_required
 async def get_attachment(note_id: str, att_id: str):
-    nid = parse_uuid(note_id)
     aid = parse_uuid(att_id)
-    if nid is None or aid is None:
+    if aid is None:
         return not_found()
     async with session_scope() as db:
-        # Owner OR shared may view (rule 47).
-        note = await db.scalar(
-            select(Note).where(Note.id == nid, visible_to_user("note", Note.owner_id, Note.id, g.user_id))
-        )
+        # Owner OR shared may view (rule 47). A purged note's files are gone with it.
+        note = await _get_visible(db, note_id)
         if note is None:
             return not_found()
-        att = await db.scalar(select(NoteAttachment).where(NoteAttachment.id == aid, NoteAttachment.note_id == nid))
+        att = await db.scalar(
+            select(NoteAttachment).where(NoteAttachment.id == aid, NoteAttachment.note_id == note.id)
+        )
         if att is None:
             return not_found()
         mime = att.mime
diff --git a/tests/test_integration.py b/tests/test_integration.py
index caa3a88..d31d500 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -891,6 +891,22 @@ async def test_an_offline_attachment_uploads_once_under_its_own_id(app_client, d
     assert (await _put(app_client, aid, other, b"%PDF-1")).status_code == 409, "one id, one note"
 
 
+async def test_a_purged_note_and_its_files_read_as_gone(app_client, db):
+    """A purged note reads as absent (#2128). Opening it and its attachment selected
+    with the ACL inline and skipped that filter, so a tombstone came back 200 (#5383)."""
+    await _signed_in(app_client, "purged")
+    nid = await _pushed_note(app_client)
+    aid = str(uuid.uuid4())
+    assert (await _put(app_client, aid, nid, b"%PDF-1")).status_code == 201
+    assert (await app_client.get(f"/api/notes/{nid}/attachments/{aid}")).status_code == 200
+
+    assert (await app_client.post(f"/api/notes/{nid}/trash")).status_code == 200
+    assert (await app_client.delete(f"/api/notes/{nid}")).status_code == 200
+
+    assert (await app_client.get(f"/api/notes/{nid}")).status_code == 404
+    assert (await app_client.get(f"/api/notes/{nid}/attachments/{aid}")).status_code == 404
+
+
 async def test_an_upload_to_a_note_the_caller_does_not_own_is_not_found(app_client, db):
     # Signed in first: registration is open only to the first account.
     await _signed_in(app_client, "intruder")