In a letter to a friend in 1821, Beethoven wrote about thinking of a beautiful tune while half asleep in a carriage: But scarcely did I awake when away flew the tune and I could not recall any part of it. Fortunately, for Beethoven and for us, the next day in the same carriage, the tune returned to him and he （）it in writing.

A.pursued

B.captured

C.digested

D.generated

正确答案：captured