I had been invalided home from the Front; and, after spending some months in a rather depressing Convalescent Home, was given a month's sick leave. 
I was at home on sick leave for a month.
I did not return home at any time.
A way for Parisians to avoid traffic is to use the Batobus.
A man wearing white is holding a rope near a bicycle.
They are taking an Uber.
They say that the polls can't mean anything at this stage.
A few people are listening to music at a house party.
I think a little more of that would have driven me and Beresford insane.