(Book 2 Chapters 7-13) What is the attitude of the people around the fountain toward the Marquis, and what is his attitude toward the people?

The people around the fountain despise the Marquis and all he stands for..... the Marquis sees the people as little more than rodents.

Monsieur the Marquis ran his eyes over them all, as if they had been mere rats come out of their holes.