Another person's name

This original fiction passage is set in the nineteenth century.

Clara recognised the first sentence before she had finished unfolding the newspaper. It had been copied from the blue notebook in her desk; even the awkward phrase she had meant to alter stood proudly in print. Beneath the title appeared her cousin's name. She read the page once, then began again, slowly, as if a second reading might rearrange the letters into justice.

At breakfast, Julian described the editor's praise while Clara buttered a piece of bread from edge to edge. He announced that the story had come to him in a single flash of inspiration. “How fortunate,” Clara replied, “that the flash remembered my spelling mistakes.” Julian's fork stopped halfway to his mouth. Until then, he had occupied the whole room with his voice. Now the clock divided the silence into neat, merciless pieces. Clara placed the blue notebook beside his plate and asked him to turn to page fourteen.

Analyse how the writer uses language and structure to present Clara's response to her cousin's deception. Support your answer with references to the passage.