Fontine despised the men she was with. First she was fired from her job in a one-business town because she wouldn't "put out" for her boss. Then when it was obvious that her man would not return from the sea for her and her daughter, she regretfully fell into the business. The sailors treated her as meat, without emotions they would satisfy their lust anywhere. The townspeople hated her, and she them, because they knew her. When her boss tried to buy her, she refused; when he tried to rape her, her complaints to the police landed her in jail. She hated all of them especially Valjean, for it was his fault she had come to this. In this respect D, I would agree that the buyers are also hateful.