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Subjunctives also turn up with certain prepositions and subordinators that specify hypothetical situations: Bridget was racked with anxiety lest her plagiarism become known.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Deliberative Subjunctives of the Direct Discourse remain unchanged in mood in the Indirect: as,— quid faceret, what was he to do?

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

All Imperatives or Jussive Subjunctives of the Direct Discourse appear as Subjunctives in the Indirect; as,— mīlitēs certiōrēs fēcit paulisper intermitterent proelium, he told the soldiers to stop the battle for a little.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)