The George Inn is significant to Jane Eyre because it serves as a resting place as Jane travels from Lowood to Thornfield for her new position as governess. This information comes from chapter eleven, where Jane says "when I draw the curtain this time, reader, you must fancy you see a room in the 'George Inn' at Millcote, with such large figured papering on the walls as inn rooms have; such a carpet, such furniture, such ornaments on the mantelpiece, such prints" (Bronte 86). The chapter opens in this new location, and serves as a transition into this next chapter in Jane's life. This location illustrates confinement, as Jane must stay in place until her next coach arrives to bring her to Thornfield, and is confined by her anxious thoughts as she awaits this transition alone. In this short amount of time, Jane reflects on this change in her life, and feels lonely as she waits alone in the George Inn. Mapping this place reveals how the novel's narrow first-person view shapes what we do and don't see of this place. For example, its exterior architecture.