noon before
So the Major told Chad , and he pointed out some `` hands '' at work in a field . `` An ' , mark my words , some day there 's goin ' to be the damnedest fight the world ever saw over these very niggers . An ' the day ai n't so far away . '' It was noon before they reached the big cemetery on the edge of Lexington . Through a rift in the trees the Major pointed out the grave of Henry Clay , and told him about the big monument that was to be reared above his remains . The grave of Henry Clay ! Chad knew all about him .