'I alone govern'
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Sou eu pois, que hoje unicamente governo nesta casa, e disponho do destino.
It is I alone, then, who now govern in this house, and dispose of destiny.
Leôncio arrogates a near-divine reach: he 'governo nesta casa, e disponho do destino' — governs the house and disposes of destiny itself. The verb 'dispor do destino,' to have fate at one's disposal, claims mastery not just of property but of Isaura's very future. It is the swollen self-image of the absolute master, and the chapter's irony is already loaded against it: while he boasts of commanding destiny, Isaura's father has just spirited her out of his reach.
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