"But I have been told that, at more than one dinner, you have been fool enough to say that I am only a sham swordsman, that I take a steel sword and face an adversary whose sword has a blade of lead: that it is no wonder that no one scores off me, and that I run up big scores in all my bouts." "If I ever said anything like that," spoke Capito boldly, "I was so drunk that I have no recollection of having said it.

And I am a sober man and a light drinker.

Also I have never harbored such thoughts unless too drunk to know what I thought or said." "You are cold sober now, aren't you ?" Commodus queried.
"Entirely sober," Egnatius agreed.
"And you are a fencer far above the average ?" he pursued.
"I have been told I have no mean skill," said Capito modestly.
"Such being the case," said Commodus, "you and I shall fence.

Go with the attendants and change into fencing kit.

You'll find all styles and sizes of everything needed in the dressing-rooms.