No, that's normal imperative/emphasis, which is something I suspect Lydia goes in for a lot :-)
Exactly the same as Elizabeth's above: Miss Bingley was determined that her brother should not marry Jane, Lydia that everyone should see her wedding ring.
Even today there's still a difference between "I was afraid he would notice" or "if he looked out then he would notice" and "I was determined he should notice".
One can write "I was afraid lest he should notice my ring" (subjunctive, I think), but not "I was afraid he should notice my ring", which sounds wrong to me in precisely the way that the cod-Regency dialogue does. But I suspect that if you're not accustomed to material that makes the distinction, they both just sound pleasingly quaint.
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Date: 2019-03-29 10:56 am (UTC)Exactly the same as Elizabeth's above: Miss Bingley was determined that her brother should not marry Jane, Lydia that everyone should see her wedding ring.
Even today there's still a difference between "I was afraid he would notice" or "if he looked out then he would notice" and "I was determined he should notice".
One can write "I was afraid lest he should notice my ring" (subjunctive, I think), but not "I was afraid he should notice my ring", which sounds wrong to me in precisely the way that the cod-Regency dialogue does. But I suspect that if you're not accustomed to material that makes the distinction, they both just sound pleasingly quaint.