To stop you moving your trinket to the bedroom
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— Alto lá, senhor!.., para impedir, que o senhor não transportasse o seu traste de luxo do salão para a alcova, percebe?...
'Hold there, sir!.. to prevent you from moving your luxury-trinket from the parlour to the bedchamber, understand?...'
Henrique escalates from insult to open accusation — Leôncio means to move Isaura from parlour to bedroom, plainly. The leer in 'percebe?' turns his sister's grievance into a locker-room jibe; Henrique defends her honour while coarsening it.
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